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Let's develop what will become the annual meeting's page http://www.amstat.org/chapters/Albuquerque/annual07.html.

1 2007 Annual Meeting

[edit] 2007 Annual Meeting

[edit] Date

Friday, Oct 12, 2007?

Poll of UNM Stat department for Oct 12th since this is UNM Fall Break
- Planning to attend
  - Date makes a difference
    - 3
    - 2 (NP conference)
  - Date does not make a difference
    - 3
- Result: Looks like it affects some potential participants.

[edit] Location

The BISHOP'S LODGE Ranch Resort & Spa

1297 Bishop's Lodge Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA
Andri Magdalena Cauldwell
Convention & Catering Services Manager
Direct Tel. 505-992-3925 Fax. 1-505-983-0832
E-mail: acauldwell@bishopslodge.com, Website: http://www.bishopslodge.com
10/5, 10/12
rooms http://www.bishopslodge.com/meetings_and_special_Events/floor_plans_capacity.cfm
$300/day ($50 AV screen)
6am-5:30pm
Buffee-style lunch based on quantities we select

Hilton

505-986-6412, Ted File
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/SFEHIHF-Hilton-Santa-Fe-Historic-Plaza-New-Mexico/index.do
9/28 only
2 room sections, $750 daily fee, held until 9/4
7am-6pm
have menu in e-mail SantaFeHilton_2007CateringMenus.doc

Sunrise Springs

505-471-3600, Brandon
http://www.sunrisesprings.com/
9/28
$250/day ($450 for atrium, but that fits 100 people)
projector screen comes with room
6am-10pm
sending menu

Hotel Santa Fe

1501 Paseo De Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
800-825-9876
http://www.hotelsantafe.com/
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1501+Paseo+de+Peralta,+Santa+Fe,+NM+87501,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=image
10/5 only (busy, balloon fiesta weekend)
1/3 ballroom $300/day, $50 projector screen, held until 8/30
sending menu http://www.hotelsantafe.com/group_business/CateringMenus.doc
have parking

Santa Fe Woman's club

1616 Old Pecos Trl
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 983-9455
10/12
10/10, 10/17, 10/31
auditorium and a 2000 sq ft room.
25-50 people: Room for the day is 290
50-75 people: Room for the day is 370
$200 damage deposit which is returned.
They have tables and chairs.
They ask us to do the set-up as we want it and take down, clean-up.
We can also hire someone for this part or pay grad students!
We can use any caterer we want or bring our own food.
This room has a kitchen.
Projection: They have a 6 ft X 6 ft screen.
Parking: plenty, they have their own lot.
Open Wednesdays in October  are 10, 17, 31 (halloween). The woman I spoke with said Fridays (or any weekdays) are generally good.

[edit] Theme

Statistical Issues in Measurements and Metrology (?)

[edit] Cost

The cost is $50 for non-students and $25 for students. Payment can be made by cash or check at the meeting. Checks should be made out to the Albuquerque Chapter of the ASA. Registration includes lunch as well as coffee break in the afternoon. Details on lunch at the bottom of this page.

You must RSVP to Earl Lawrence (earl@lanl.gov) by September ?? if you plan to attend the meeting. In your RSVP, please indicate if you require a vegetarian lunch.

Please consider the following points with respect to the meeting:

Election of new officers.
Mu-Sigma-Rho (statistical honorary society) inductions.
Technical talks are included in our meeting. We think that a mix of technical and general talks allows more variety. If you are interested by the opportunity of presenting your work to our members, please contact any of the officers for inclusion in the program.
Donate to fund future New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair "Best Use of Statistics" awards. Contributions are tax deductible.
Date for annual 2008 meeting -- in Spring

[edit] Schedule

MORNING

9:00 Registration
9:25 Welcome
9:30 Rob Easterling (Itinerant Visiting Professor), "Passion-Driven Statistics"
10:30 Break
10:45 Jenifer Hoffman, Risk-Based Prioritization for Nuclear Material Disposition - An Approach Integrating Decision and Statistical Science Techniques
11:15 Michele Guindani, The Optimal Discovery Procedure and Bayesian Decision Rules
11:45 Lunch

AFTERNOON

1:10 Rob McCulloch (University of Chicago), "Fully Non-parametric Bayesian Ensemble Modelling"
2:10 Chapter meeting and elections (chapter officers, MSR officers, science fairs, future activities)
2:40 Break
3:00 Floyd Spencer (Sandia National Laboratories), "Wrinkles in Statistical Applications for Reliability Analysis of Nondestructive Inspection"
4:00 Closing Remarks
4:10 Adjourn

[edit] NOTES

[edit] Guest speakers

Technical Talk: Curt?; Valerie?

Rob Easterling (retired, Sandia): would like to speak on "Passionate Statistics." He is available for 10/5 and 10/12.; Scott contact
Bill Meeker (ISU) would be willing to speak on a reliability topic if we can schedule him to visit LANL during the meeting: Scott contact
Steve Vardeman (ISU): is working on a monograph on measurement problems; Scott contact
Steve Crowder (Sandia): has recently been working on metrology problems; Scott contact
Floyd Spencer: Scott contact
Sarah Michalak and Nick Hengartner (LANL): have a recent paper tackling a measurement issue in high-performance computing
Dave Mease (Google): could talk on measurement of search quality; Earl contact
Rob McCulloch is available 10/12: Scott contact

[edit] Technical Talks

Ron Christensen: technical topic of his choice.; Erik contact; Not available 10/5 or 10/12

[edit] Presentation of mu-sigma-rho certificates

NONE THIS YEAR. As chair of the subcommittee, Erik will present certificates to the new inductees of the Mu-Sigma-Rho honorary society.

[edit] Chapter elections

President: Erik Barry Erhardt (UNM)
Vice President: Kevin Anderson (Intel)?
Secretary/Treasurer: Earl Lawrence (LANL)
Chapter Representative for 2007-2009: Kurt Storlie (UNM)?

Dave Robinson (Sandia)

[edit] Chapter activities

Present activities from last year and activities planed for next year.

Science Fairs
- Intel ISEF (National at Albuquerque)
  - Kary Myers will talk briefly about the experience
- New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair "Best Use of Statistics" (State at NM Tech)
  - We didn't capture the winners this year (because of anonymous student info), but Erik can say something

[edit] MENU

depends on venue

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