Amstat Online Editorial Board @ JSM 1999

Agenda 12:30-3:30 wed 11 aug 1999

  1. Introductions
  2. Review of History and Present Status (Yandell)
    1. Role of Electronic Communication Committee
    2. Relationship with ASA Staff
    3. Vision for Amstat Online
    4. Board web server for development
  3. Reports from Associate Editors (each of you!)
    1. Report on other meetings at JSM (Devlin/Quinn/Boardman/?)
    2. Action Plans
  4. Report on other relevant JSM committee meetings (Yandell)
    1. ECC, Publications, Pub Mgmt
    2. ASA and the Web (Session 203, tue 10 aug 2-3:50)
  5. Brainstorming
    1. Where do we want to go?
    2. What do we need to get there?
  6. Other Issues
    1. Budget, Marketing, History of Amstat Online
    2. Design of www.amstat.org front page
    3. Posting / interactive pages for ASA units
    1. history of ECC (Lamborn)
    2. paper and electronic archives for publications (Conlon)
    3. vision for epubs: searchable, ref-linkable (Velleman)
    1. adopt dec 1997 (Rolph) p/e pub policy after later discussion
    2. ideas on marketing Chance/Stats
    3. 13 publication units (incl ASA Science books & Amstat Online)
    4. task force viz. collapsing committees
    1. costs for pubs (missed meeting)
    2. mgmt of Chance (subcom incl Springer)
    1. JSTOR copy of JASA; JSE as epub
    2. Future of epubs: how to
    1. Small bits on bottom of pages
    2. Longer privacy document
    3. Addresses of officers for units (comm/sect/chap)
    1. Web page, listserve archive
    1. Web page, launch pad for target groups

Outline of Editorial Board Meeting