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The new Bernoulli Society Website
New Composition of the European Regional Committee
New Composition of the Latin American Regional Committee
Bernoulli Society Fees For 2011
The Bernoulli Society has a new logo:
As you can see, the logo is a redesigned version of our traditional logo derived
from the motto to be found on the epitaph of Jakob Bernoulli in Basel (see
http://www.w-volk.de/museum/grave45.htm).
Additionally, the text “Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and
Probability” is now an integral part of our logo. Apart from the grayscale
version depicted on the left, there is also a colored and a black and white
version available.
High-quality graphics files of the new logo in several different formats are available on request from any of the Bernoulli officers.
The new Bernoulli Society Website – www.bernoulli-society.org
In 2009, ISI formed a soundboard to discuss and foster the redesign of the ISI webpage. The aim was to present ISI with a modern design and to provide an easy-to-use information source for all ISI members. In this process, we – the Bernoulli Society as a section of ISI – also started to redesign our web presentation. First of all, our logo was updated and based on this our whole website got a new face. Furthermore, external pages which had a strong connection to us, like the Bernoulli Journal and some regional committees, were integrated into the new site. And finally, the site moved to a new address:
www.bernoulli-society.org
The new website offers us many new possibilities and
we plan to extend and improve it further in the future.
But foremost, we hope that it presents its content in a convenient way to all users. If you have any suggestions or comments concerning the web page, please let us know.
Björn Böttcher, Bernoulli Web Editor
Not only the Bernoulli Society has a new website, but also the Bernoulli Journal www.bernoulli-society.org/index.php/publications/bernoulli-journal/bernoulli-journal, Bernoulli News www.bernoulli-society.org/index.php/publications/bernoulli-news and the International Statistical Institute (ISI) www.isi-web.org have new homepages.
Aad van der Vaart,
outgoing chair European Regional Committee
On July 2010, new members of the LARC-SLAPEM Committee were elected. The new
members are: Carriquiri Alicia (USA), Luis Renato Fontes (Brazil), Carenne
Ludeña (Venezuela) and Rolando Rebolledo (Chile).
They will form the committee along with the previously elected committee members
in their second term: Stella Brassesco (Venezuela), Claudio Landin (Brazil),
Daniel Hernández (México) and Mario Wschebor (Uruguay). The newly elected
committee chair is Claudio Landin. He will replace the former chair, José R.
Leon (Venezuela), also a member of the committee.
José R. León
outgoing chair Latin American Regional Committee
The Bernoulli Society Council has recently decided to keep, in general, the same membership fees for 2011 as for 2010, but some new benefits have been added.
For example, members from “developing countries” are offered a 70% reduction
now (instead of 50%) and receive an extra reduction for the personal hard copy
subscription of the Bernoulli Journal. Moreover, the list of “developing
countries” (see
www.icce2010.org/docs/developingCountries.pdf) for
the latter membership and subscription was extended for 2011. This list will be
subsequently updated with the three lower categories of the classification
countries of the World Bank. Further benefits have been achieved for all BS
members, for example, a new 15% discount on two journals from the Applied
Probability Trust: Advances in Applied Probability and Journal of Applied
Probability.
For full information and details, please check the membership information
www.bernoulli-society.org/index.php/membership/membership-information in the new Bernoulli Society website
www.bernoulli-society.org/.
Josef G. Steinebach, BS Membership Secretary
From 2011 onward, the Applied Probability Trust will offer Bernoulli Society members a 15% discount to the subscription of the journals Advances in Applied Probability and Journal of Applied Probability; see www.appliedprobability.org/content.aspx?Group=journals&Page=subscriptionsPrices#jap.
Victor Pérez-Abreu, President