<p>I think that if there is an awareness of the statisticians of the professional societies of the purpose and success of StackExchange CV many would want to help out.  In the ASA quantitative literacy has been our goal to improve.  Incoming ASA President Marie Davidian gave a presentation yesterday on a grant program she has to teach basic statistics for the aim of getting more American born students interested in pursuing a career in statistics or a related field.  There is a recognition of the ever-growing need for statistics to handle big data problems and the Obama administration commitment to find research in these quantitative areas.</p>

<p>The great thing that CV does is to get the experts to teach the novices some basic statistics in the context of problems they are working on.  The accumulation from many examples improves everyone's knowledge of good statistical practice including the experts'.  If the ASA leadership could see how effective we are and have some assurance that the final accepted answers are sound I am sure they would feel an obligation to participate or at least encourage others to do so.</p>

<p>Who should we approach (ASA president, Presidents Elect, Past Presidents, other society leaders)? Would there be any changes to our system that would increase the participation of ASA members?</p>
