How to start a Chapter of Mu Sigma Rho

Regular Chapter Qualifications:

• Must be based at a University, College, or consortium of such institutions
  
• Petition must be initiated by a statistics club or similar organization that has been active at the institution(s) for at least one year
  
• The average total number of upperclass students (Jr,Sr, and graduate students) majoring in Statistics at the institution(s) must be at least 5
  
• If an undergraduate curriculum in Statistics exists at the petitioning institution, then this curriculum must require at least 14 semester hours (or 21 quarter hours) for a major
  
• The Section or Department of Statistics at the petitioning institution must have on its staff at least one person with a Ph.D. in Statistics
  
• The petition shall have the endorsement of the Chairperson of the Section or Department of Statistics in the petitioning institution(s)
  
• At least five persons at the institution(s) shall be eligible for membership and shall become charter members.
  

Affiliate Chapter Qualifications:

• Affiliate chapters exist as a vehicle to enable isolated qualified students to be inducted into Mu Sigma Rho.
• Any Chapter of the American Statistical Association is automatically granted Mu Sigma Rho Affiliate Chapter status and need not petition for this.

• The petitioning organization must have on its staff or membership at least one person with a Ph.D. in Statistics
  
• The petition shall have the endorsement of the executive officer of the petitioning organization(s), if any
  
• At least five persons of the organization shall be eligible for affiliate or regular membership and shall become charter members.
  

The candidate organization shall petition the society through the national Secretary-Treasurer, submitting the names of its proposed charter members together with a statement of information as to its qualifications for chapter. This petition is then submitted to the Council. If a majority of the council approves the petition, the petition (upon payment of a $10 filing fee) shall be submitted for approval to the chapters. The chapters shall be allowed a period of two months (summer vacations not included) in which to report their vote to the Secretary-Treasurer. If during that time a majority of the active chapters have voted in the affirmative, and less than 1/4 of the chapters have voted in the negative, the petition shall be granted; otherwise, the petition shall be rejected, and another petition shall not be considered from the same institution for a period of three years.

For more details, see Article III of the Bylaws

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Last modified January 17, 2003