The ASA’s outreach group Statistics Without Borders (SWB) recently joined with the Royal Statistical Society’s (RSS) Statisticians for Society, an initiative that enables statisticians to support charities and other socially useful initiatives on a pro bono basis.

Sara McDonnell, web news editor for the RSS, wrote, “By partnering with existing organizations, the RSS has an ‘in-place structure’ for fellows to participate in volunteer projects.” Now when members of the RSS join Statisticians for Society (SFS), they will also become members of Statistics Without Borders. Both organizations share similar philosophies and goals—to develop projects for statisticians to provide pro-bono services worldwide.

“The ASA is proud to have Statistics without Borders as an ASA outreach group and very impressed by its growth to more than 1,200 members in six years,” said ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein. “Through its pro bono (and enthusiastic) work worldwide, SWB epitomizes ASA emphasis of statistics’ service to society and also serves the important function of informing a wider audience of what statistics is and the important contributions statistics makes to so many aspects of society. We’re pleased by this partnership with RSS to further expand SWB’s good work.”

Visit the SWB website to get involved. Questions may be addressed to SWB chair Cathy Furlong at cathy.furlong@cox.net or New Projects Committee chair Gary Shapiro at g.shapiro4@live.com.