Goals: Where Are We and Where Should We Be Going?

Abstract

As a prelude, I would like to offer my profound gratitude for the services rendered by the ASA staff, especially by Fred Leone, Ed Bisgyer, Jean Smith, Jill Stormer, Ede Denenberg, and Dorothy Zimmerman. The dedication of this staff to the ASA, its members, and the general public is outstanding. I would also like to express my heartfelt appreciation for the many amenities provided by my most severe critic and constant companion, my wife, Mary. I also wish to thank the ASA committees, and especially the chairs, for their service to the Association. I am sure that the staff and officers realize that the ASA could not function without them. We have adopted a new constitution developed by an industrious committee under the leadership of Kathleen Lamborn; the ASANCTM Committee under Dick Schaeffer is developing precollege teaching materials in statistics; the Future Goals Committee under Joan Rosenblatt is struggling to come up with a program that is both desirable and salable; Tom Jabine's Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights has persuaded the board to take some strong action and continues to push for more definitive procedures. One of the chief activities during the past two years has been the excellent ASA Management Review conducted by John Corson of the National Executive Service Corps. Mr. Corson's diligent, penetrating, and judicious report covered four areas: improving the functioning of the Board of Directors, reassessing ASA's programs, im-

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