Prof. Orlov Altexander Ivanovich, President

Russian Statistical Methods Association

Here is the latest news about the International Year of Statistics. Please remember to share this information with your members, and don’t forget to send us your news. Drop a note to Ron Wasserstein at ron@amstat.org, and we will promote your International Year of Statistics activities on the statistics2013.org website.

Video Contest Deadline Extended

We are pleased to announce that John Wiley and Sons, Inc., is sponsoring the prizes for the International Year of Statistics video competition. Please visit the competition websitehttp://www.statistics2013.org/videocontest.cfm for details. Please note the new deadline: February 28, 2013.

New Language-Specific Logos Available

The International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013) logo is now available in several languages: Dutch, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish. On each version the phrases “International Year of Statistics” and “Participating Organization” are presented in the appropriate language. If you need one of these language-specific logos to post to your organization’s website, you can download it fromhttp://www.statistics2013.org/logos.cfm

To have a version of the Statistics2013 logo created for your country’s language, please email the following information to Jeffrey@amstat.org:

1. The interpretation of “International Year of Statistics” in the appropriate font in this format: International Year of Statistics=“The interpreted phrase”

2. The interpretation of “Participating Organization” in the appropriate font in this format: Participating Organization=“The interpreted phrase”

3. A high-resolution PDF document or a .tif file of the interpretations of the “International Year of Statistics” and “Participating Organization”. (This file will be used to compare against the font to ensure it was transmitted properly. If it doesn’t compare accurately, we will use the image of the interpretations from the PDF or .tif in the logo instead. This step will ensure accuracy of your custom logo.)

Once your language-specific logo is created it will be posted to the Statistics2013 website and we will send you an email to let you know the logo is available for download.

Statistics2013 Participation Approaches 1,000

As of October 11, 2012, 955 organizations representing at least 98 countries have signed on as participants for the International Year of Statistics. More than 150 of these organizations joined in the past three weeks! If your organization has not signed on, please do so today by going to http://statistics2013.org and clicking on “Join.” Joining creates no obligation, but it does connect you to the worldwide network of organizations and people who will be promoting the profession throughout the International Year of Statistics.

Draft 2013 Poster Available for Review and Comment

Please go to http://www.statistics2013.org/pdfs/STAT2013.pdf to view a draft version of the poster for the International Year of Statistics. Soon we will put it online so you can download and print it. We will also put the elements of the poster online so that you can download them and create your own version of the poster with translations into your own country’s languages.

Thank you!

Thank you to those of you who have been sharing with us your actions and plans for 2013, and for the many of you who have placed the International Year of Statistics logo on your website. We appreciate what you are doing to spread the word.

More news coming soon!

That’s it for now, but more news is coming soon. Starting with this week’s update we will be sending you this newsletter twice monthly going forward. We are making this change since the New Year is fast approaching and we have a lot of information and resources we want to share with you on a more regular basis.

-The International Year of Statistics Steering Committeehttp://www.statistics2013.org/committee.cfm