Local Chapters of ISBA

• Australasian Chapter (ASBA)

  The current officers are:

  President: Kerrie Mengersen (k.mengersen@qut.edu.au)
  Secretary: Petra Kuhnert (Petra.Kuhnert@epa.qld.gov.au)
  Treasurer: Michele Haynes (m.haynes@uq.edu.au)
  Publicity: Richard Arnold (Richard.Arnold@mcs.vuw.ac.nz)
  Webmaster: Robert Denham (Robert.Denham@nrm.qld.gov.au)
  ISBA Rep: Robert Wolpert (wolpert@stat.duke.edu)
  

  See the ASBA website for current and upcoming activities.

• Brazilian Chapter of ISBA (ISBRA)
  • President: Márcia D´Elia Branco (mbranco@ime.usp.br)
    
  • Executive Secretary: Rosangela Loschi (loschi@est.ufmg.br)
    
  • Treasurer: Josemar Rodrigues (vjosemar@power.ufscar.br)
    

  Past Meetings:

  1 -Cobal and VI- EBEB were held in Ubatuba, SP, 03-07 of February 2002. The organizing committee: Sérgio Wechsler (president), Hedibert Lopes, Josemar Rodrigues, Rosangela Loschi , Márcia Branco and Nelson Tanaka.

  2 - VII- EBEB were held in São Carlos, SP, 08-11 of February 2004. The organizing committee:: Josemar Rodrigues (president), José Galvão Leite and Luis A. Milan.

  3 - VIII- EBEB was held in Colonna Park Hotel, Búzios, RJ, 26-27 of March of 2006 (in honor to Professor Helio Migon). The organizing committee: Marco A. R. Ferreira (UFRJ) , Dani Gamerman (UFRJ), Hedibert F. Lopes (Chicago), Rosangela H. Loschi (UFMG) and Josemar Rodrigues (UFSCar).

• Chilean Chapter of ISBA
  

  The IV Chilean Seminar of Bayesian Statistics was held in Santiago, January 12--14. It is an official activity of Chilean ISBA Chapter and it was organized by the Departmento de Estadística, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). The members of the organizing committee were Pilar Iglesias (PUC, chair),Ricardo Aravena (PUC), Manuel Galea (U. Católica de Valparaíso), and Victor Salinas (U. de Santiago de Chile). They were helped by a group of about 10 students from the undergraduate and graduate programs from PUC.

  The number of attendants was approximately 75, of which a significant portion consisted of students from several universities across the country. This represents an impressive growth from the three previous versions of the Seminar held in La Serena (8), Antofagasta (15), and Valdivia (35). The Seminar included invited talks by Heleno Bolfarine( U. de Sao Paulo), Dipak Day (University of Connecticut), Rolando Rebolledo (PUC), Josemar Rodrigues (Universidad de Sao Carlos), mini-courses given by Luis Raúl Pericchi (Universidad Simón Bolivar)and Fernando Quintana (PUC), contributed papers Marcia Branco (U. de Sao Paulo) and Rosangela Loschi (Universidad de Minas Gerais) were among the international participants.

  Last, but not least, the social programs, organized by the students, were thorougly enjoyed by all participants. The Organizing Committee wishes to thank the students for their excellent help and their enthusiastic participation in all the activities.

• Indian Chapter of ISBA
  

  Contact: Dr. S.K. Upadhyay, (Banaras Hindu U.)
  Email: sku@banaras.ernet.in
  

  Advisory Committee Members:

  Prof. J.K. Ghosh (ISI), Prof. B.K. Kale (U. of Poona), Prof. S.B. Bagchi (Burdwan U.), Prof. A.K. Bansal (U. of Delhi), Prof. A.A. Khan (S.K. Agricultural U.), Prof. U. Singh (Banaras Hindu U.), Prof. S.K. Upadhay (Banaras Hindu U.).

  The Indian Chapter of the ISI publishes a regular newsletter and recently published Volume III, No. 1 in February, 1998. A satellite meeting was held on January 2, 1998 at the ISI in Calcutta immediately after the International Conference on recent Advances in Statistics and Probability.

• South African Chapter of ISBA (ISBASA)
  

  This chapter serves South Africa and neighbouring countries. More information about the South African Chapter can be obtained by contacting the Chairperson Professor Paul Mostert, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa, Tel + (2721) 808 3536 (w); +(2721) 808 3830 (fax).

ISBA Provisional Policy for Chapters

1. Only members of ISBA can be members of an ISBA chapter. Chapters decide how much, if any, in addition to their regular membership chapter members should pay to the chapter. These additional fees are only justified by additional services. ISBA members are considered the same for ISBA, whether or not they also belong to a chapter. If an ISBA membership is terminated then so is the chapter membership.
2. Establishing or renewing a membership in a chapter is to be done at the same time, and using the same form (if possible), as establishing or renewing a membership in ISBA. The Treasurer informs chapter representatives each year about ISBA members who want to also belong to the chapter. Chapter local dues, however, are sent directly to the chapter and ISBA dues are sent to ISBA.
3. Chapters will present an annual report to the Treasurer and the Board about the way the local money is spent. Failure to do so may result in removal of the chapter