ASA Member News Archive

Welcome to the June edition of ASA Member News, ASA''s monthly e-newsletter. Please let us know if you prefer to receive the text version.

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Do you know the History of ASA?

Visit About ASA to learn more about the history of the ASA and current activities.

In Amstat News

The ASA Committee on Career Development has several exciting activities planned for this summer's Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) that will be of interest to statistics professionals at any stage of their careers.  Read more.

ASA Executive Director Announces 2004 Election Results

Newly elected members of ASA''s Board of Directors:
President-Elect, Sallie Keller-McNulty, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Vice President, Daniel Kasprzyk, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.  
Council of Sections Board Representative, Ralph G. O''Brien, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Council of Chapters Board Representative, June Morita, University of Washington
International Representative, Denise A. Lievesley, UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
View complete election results.

Upcoming Deadlines

JSM Early Bird Registration Deadline: July 1, 2004

Register by July 1, 2004, for JSM to receive the Early Bird Registration rate. All attendees who register by the Early Bird deadline will receive their badge and tickets in the mail in advance of the meeting.  Register Now! 

JSM Continuing Education Participants

New this year! Pre-registrants for all CE programs will be able to pick up their registration materials at the Fairmont Royal York outside of the CE classrooms.  Save yourself time onsite and register now. 

JSM Housing Deadline: July 2, 2004

The cut-off for making hotel reservations for JSM 2004 is July 2, 2004. You can reserve your room online or print out the housing form.

Events Outlook

Statistical events are happening around the country and the globe. View our Upcoming Events Calendar.

JSM Preliminary Program

The Preliminary Program is now available online.  For a hard copy, send your request to jsm@amstat.org or call 1-800-308-8943.

JSM Participants

Formal invitation letters on JSM letterhead have been mailed to all organizers, chairs, paper and poster presenters, panelists, and discussants.  If you do not receive your letter by June 26, 2004, please send an email to meetings@amstat.org with your session number and a correct mailing address and one will be sent to you.

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Start planning your trip to JSM 2005 in Minneapolis on the JSM 2005 web site. Preliminary information is now available. 

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ASA has partnered with Wiley, a global publisher of print and electronic products, to provide a 15% discount to all ASA members. To receive your ASA membership discount, visit the Wiley link found in the ASA Members Only section. The discount will be applied automatically upon checkout. If you do not see the discount, please use discount code w5558.