With just a little more than seven weeks to go before we embark on AAPOR 2018 (which by the way starts on Wednesday, May 16th this year!) the conference committee is in high gear adding final touches on the conference program, conference events and logistical details. This year we are literally taking Public Opinion and Survey Research to new heights with a record 112 sessions including 12 sessions in the new PORTAL track and one reimagined DEMO track session (more about these sessions in a moment). We also have an awesome slate of seven short courses that you will likely want to check out if you haven’t already.
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The AAPOR 2018-2019 Executive Council election closed on March 30 and 44.46% percent of eligible AAPOR members voted, a new record. Please join me in thanking all of our colleagues who stood for election, and in congratulating our new Executive Council members whose terms begin at the upcoming 73rd Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado:
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We’re about six weeks away from our annual conference, which is being held in Colorado’s Mile High City this year.
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Allen Hoisington Barton of Chapel Hill, NC, died on December 18, 2017, at age 93. Allen was Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and served as Director of the Bureau of Applied Social Research (BASR) in New York City, NY. He was a tireless advocate for the value of public opinion survey data for understanding important political and social issues. Read more about Allen.
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Long-term AAPOR member and DC-AAPOR President, Scott Spillane Fricker was killed on December 22, 2017. He was 48 years old. His life and that of his loving wife, Buckley, were cut short by an act of inexplicable violence. Read more about Scott.
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As the federal government prepares to conduct the 2020 Census, critics of the Census Bureau are pushing to make fundamental changes to how it collects its data. This month, Ward Connerly and Mike Gonzalez argued in The Post that the agency should remove questions in the census used to monitor race and ethnicity in our country.
Read the full op-ed
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PANJAAPOR had a productive fall/winter and we are planning for an eventful spring 2018.
In November we held our first ever meet and greet at the Dillinger Room in New Brunswick, NJ with the goal of attracting new members. The event was a success, as we had several new faces who were eager to join and connect with current members.
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Don’t forget to register for the upcoming AAPOR webinars! These courses give you concrete takeaways that you can immediately use in practice. You can register here.
Upcoming Webinar:
A Practical Guide for Surveys Based on Nonprobability Samples - Feb. 13
Presented by Mansour Fahimi, Frances Barlas and Randall Thomas
Yearly Webinar Package:
Don’t want to worry about registering for each webinar individually? Get the yearly webinar package and you don’t have to! You’ll be automatically registered for every 2018 webinar. You can buy this annual subscription here.
Cost:
Members can purchase the 2018 Webinar Package at 25% off the regular price. Non-Members who purchase the 2018 Webinar Package will receive a limited time savings of $142 for non-members and $76 for student non-members.
Member: $533 (Regularly $711)
Non-Member: $799 (Regularly $941)
Student Member: $135 (Regularly $180)
Student Non-Member: $199 (Regularly $275)
For more information about the yearly webinar pakage click here.
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GAAPOR is a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered AAPOR members and their friends who get together on Friday night at the annual conference for a social outing.
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Greetings from the Student & Early Career (SEC) Subcommittee of the Membership and Chapter Relations Committee! We’re eagerly preparing and looking forward to another great conference and welcoming all student, early career or new(er) AAPORites this May in Denver!
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