Report of the Council for 2012статья из журнала
Аннотация: President's foreword.We had marked out 2012 as a year of consolidation for the Society as we charted our way through difficult financial times.The challenges of the wider economic climate and the future threat to our revenue from proposals for 'open access' publishing, coupled with a deficit in our budget, caused us to begin the year with some concern.Thanks to a magnificent effort from our Executive Director, Hetan Shah, and all the staff at the Society, we have ended the year in a much stronger position.Through a combination of good cost control and imagination the budget deficit has turned into a year-end surplus.Our reserves going into 2013 are healthy, at the upper end of the policy range agreed by Council.All members of the Society owe the team at Errol Street a great debt.Thank you for all your hard work.Although attrition continues to eat into our membership base we recruited 399 new members during the year: 88 more than in 2011.Let me take this opportunity to welcome you to our thriving Society.We also saw a record number of professional awards since the year 2000-44 'CStat' and 106 'GradStat' awards were made.Our excellent conference at Telford greeted 390 people from 27 countries, with 173 talks and 47 poster presentations.Hal Varian, Chief Economist of Google, reminded us that statistics is the current 'sexy profession'.Julian Champkin brought along one of the original Enigma machines to recall the power of mathematical and statistical thinking.The Young Statisticians were everywhere enthusing and encouraging delegates.The year saw journals submission numbers up for all three series.Thanks to our partnership with the American Statistical Association we increased publication of Significance magazine from four to six issues in the year.The on-line version had 415000 visits from 209 countries.Our global reach for examinations took a further step forward, being offered for the first time in Japan, thanks to our licence agreement with the Japan Statistical Society.New Sections for Applied Probability and Statistics in Sport were created as well as a History of Statistics Study Group.Existing Sections and Local Groups thrived with a bumper crop of meetings on an incredibly diverse range of topics.I especially enjoyed debates at Local Group meetings in Edinburgh and Plymouth.Our 'getstats' campaign really took off, thanks to the support of the Nuffield Foundation.30 workshops at 25 venues reached 350 students, 70 practising journalists and 100 press officers.Well-attended events in Parliament, supported by SAS UK and Ireland, explored the use of statistics in health, crime and education as well as a more light-hearted look at sport.Most promising of all, we worked closely with a wide range of others on improving the position of statistics in education.Danny Dorling, our Beveridge lecturer, issued a challenge to the Society to extend its reach and impact.Our long-term strategy review has been reviewing the opportunities during the year, ready to report in 2013.In our membership survey, 94% of respondents indicated that they would recommend membership to a friend or colleague.80% indicated that they would be interested in actively contributing to the Society.We are now ready to step up for 2013, the International Year of Statistics.
Год издания: 2013
Издательство: Royal Statistical Society
Источник: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)
Открытый доступ: bronze
Том: 176
Выпуск: 4
Страницы: 981–1071