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Constitution of European Courses in Advanced Statistics (ECAS)
1. ECAS is a non-profit international scientific and educational organization.
2. ECAS is a foundation of Statistical Societies within Europe in order to foster links and to promote cooperation between statisticians in Europe by
- contributing to the development and improvement of the education for statisticians in Europe,
- promoting information concerning the field of, and persons interested in statistical education,
- improving communication and exchange among teachers, researchers and students in European countries,
- developing cooperation between Statistical Societies and establishments of higher education,
- stimulating networks of universities,
- contributing to the promotion and coordination of theoretical and applied research in statistics.
1. The
Council is the legislative
body of ECAS. It is respon
sible for the general policy and the main activities. It accepts
applications
of Members and elects the Executive Committee.
2. The Council shall consist of one representative of each country for which at least one Society or statistical Group is a Member of ECAS.
3. The ECAS Members of a given country elect, appoint or otherwise select their representative according to their own rules and according to their own agreement if there is more than one Member per country. The procedure shall be communicated to the Secretary of ECAS.
4. Council members shall serve for a period of four years.
5. Council members should meet biennially. The President or a majority of members can call a meeting at any time.
6. Council votes can be performed during a Council meeting, or by mail vote. A motion is accepted if it obtains
- in a mail vote : the simple majority of all members of the Council.
- in a Council meeting : the simple majority of the Council members who are present and voting. If the latter condition is not fulfilled, any decision must be ratified by a mail vote.
Council members not present at a meeting may delegate their vote to another member of the Council.
For accepting a new Member of ECAS, a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Council is required.
Ties are broken by the vote of the President.
1. The members of the Executive Committee (general officers) are:
- the President
- the Vice-President
- the Secretary,and
- the Treasurer
The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be combined.
2. The President, in his absence the Vice-President, represents ECAS in its external relations and carries out the politics of ECAS according to the guidelines established by the Council, and implements its decisions and the general activities of ECAS. He is supported by the other members of the Executive Committee.
3. The Secretary is responsible for the administrative business (including the organization of elections).
4. The Treasurer is responsible for the financial management of ECAS. He shall submit to all Members, at least every two years, a report on the financial conditions of the organization including receipts and expenditures.
No part of net earnings or assets shall ever inure to the benefit of any privat individual.
5. The members of the Executive Committee are elected by the Council from among its members for a period of four years and cannot have more than two consecutive terms of the same office.
6. The rules for the election of the President is the following: election as Vice-President for two years, as President for four years, and as Vice-President for two years.
Article 7. Resignation.
1.
Resignation of a Society or a
Group is effected by a
written declaration to the President.
Belgium, |
France, Germany, Italy, |
Spain, |
Sweden, Switzerland |
Societé Belge de Statistique Belgische Vereniging voor Statistiek
44 Rue de Louvain. 1000 Bruxelles. Belgium.
Representative : Catherine Dehon. Université Libre de Bruxelles. 50 avenue F. Roosevelt. CP 114 ECARES. 1050 Bruxelles. Belgique
Société Française de Statistique
SFdS. Institut Henri Poincaré. 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie. 75231 Paris Cedex 05. France. Ordinary Member
Representative : Anne Ruiz-Gazen. GREMAQ. Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse (Toulouse I). 21 Allée de Brienne, 31000 Toulouse. France.
Deutsche Statistische Gesellschaft
German Statistical Society. Geschäftsstelle an der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität. 22039 Hamburg. Germany.
Representative: Karl Mosler. Seminar fuer Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistik Universitaet zu Koeln
D - 50923 Koeln. Germany.
Societa Italiana Di Statistica
Salita dei Crescenzi 26. 00186 Roma. Italy.
Representative : Luigi D'Ambra. Dip. Matematica e Statistica. Complesso di Monte S.Angelo. Via Cinthia 80126 Napoli. Italy.
Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa (SEIO)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Matemáticas, Room 502
Plaza de Ciencias 3 (Ciudad Universitaria), 28040 Madrid
T. prof: 915449102, fax: 913944606 Spain.
Representative : Ricardo Cao. Departamento de Matemáticas. Facultad de Informática. Universidade da Coruña. Campus de Elviña. 15071 A Coruña. Spain
Svenska Statistikersamfundet
Swedish Statistical Association. Box 7013. 750 07 Uppsala.
Representative : Hans Nyquist.
Swiss Statistical Society
www.stat.ch
Representative: Werner Stahel. Seminar fuer Statistik.
ETH-Zentrum, LEO D8, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland..