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[07/30/2003] [07/05/2005] [07/17/2006] [09/26/2006] [09/26/2007] [07/31/2008]

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Debbie Boykin,USDA/ARS;
Bill Bridges, Clemson;
Tzu-Ming Chu, SAS;
Paul Cornelius, Kentucky;
Jerry Davis, Georgia;
Sara Duke, USDA/ARS;
Hoke Hill, Clemson;
Pat Gerard, Miss. State;
Larry Grimes, Clemson;
Francis Giesbrecht, N.C. State (Retired);
Marcia Gumpertz, N.C. State;
Tom Johnson, N.C. State (Retired);
Herb Kirk, SAS;
Dal Kratzer, UpJohn (Retired);
Marvin Lentner*, Va. Tech (Retired);
Ramon Littell, Florida;
Dave Marx, Nebraska;
Tisha Maas, Nebraska (Graduate Student);
Andy Mauromoustakos, Arkansas;
Ron McNew, Arkansas;
Bahram Momen, Maryland;
Barry Moser, LSU;
Ben Mullinix, Georgia;
Spencer Muse, N.C. State;
Larry Nelson, N.C. State (Retired);
John Pesek, Delaware;
Tom Popham, USDA/ARS;
Bob Rodriquez, SAS;
Bill Sanders, SAS;
Arnold Saxton, Tennessee;
Oliver Schabenberge, SAS;
Bio Sebolai, Nebraska (Graduate Student);
Walter Stroup, Nebraska;
Glenn Ware, Georgia;

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Minutes of the Annual

IEG-13 Meeting

University Statisticians of Southern Experiment Stations (USSES)

July 16 - 18, 2003



The 2003 USSES meeting was held at SAS Institute, Inc. in Cary, NC. The meeting started with an informal reception on Wednesday evening, July 16. The Thursday session on July 17 began with a welcome from Herbert Kirk, Vice President of Education at SAS Institute.



The technical sessions on Thursday consisted of presentations by Oliver Schabenberger (SAS Institute) on Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Model Applications (SAS Institute), Tzu Ming Chu (SAS Institute) on Mixed Models for Microarrays, and Arnold Saxton (Tennessee) on AStatistical Analysis of Microarray Data. The day ended with a mixer and dinner at the Angus Barn in Raleigh, NC.



The technical sessions continued on Friday morning with presentations by Spencer Muse (N. C. State) on Statistics on Comparative Genomics and Bob Rodriquez (SAS Institute) on Developments in SAS Version 9.1".



The business meeting was chaired by Glenn Ware (Georgia). It started with an announcement that the current IEG-13 expires this year and will have to be renewed. Barry Moser (LSU), Hoke Hill (Clemson), and Arnold Saxton (Tennessee) agreed to work with Glenn in preparing the project document for submittal to USSES= administrative advisor, Kenneth Koonce (LSU). Ramon Littell (Florida) agreed to host the 2004 USSES meeting. The meeting ended with station reports.









AGENDA



7/16 Reception in Building R 5:00 - 7:00 pm



7/17 Morning and Afternoon Sessions in Building F Auditorium



Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Model Applications - Oliver Schabenberger

Mixed Models for Microarrays  Tzu-Ming Chu

Statistical Analysis of Microarray Data - Arnold Saxton



7/18 Morning Session in Building F Auditorium



Statistics on Comparative Genomics  Spencer Muse

Developments in SAS Version 9.1 - Bob Rodriquez

Business Meeting and State Reports

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Ron McNew Univ of Arkansas mcnew@uark.edu;
Arnold Saxton U of Tennessee asaxton@utk.edu;
Cavell Brownie NCSU brownie@stat.ncsu.edu;
Russ Wolfinger SAS Institute Russ.Wolfinger@sas.com;
Jerry Davis Univ of GA jdavis@griffin.uga.edu;
Mark Payton Oklahoma State Univ mpayton@okstate.edu;
George Fernandez Univ of Nevada-Reno gcjf@unr.edu;
David Marx Univ of Nebraska dmarx@unl.edu;
Marcia Gumpertz NCSU gumpertz@ncsu.edu;
Paul Cornelius Univ of KY corneliu@ms.uky.edu;
Herbert Kirk SAS Institute Herbert.Kirk@sas.com;
Bob Lucas SAS Institute Bob.Lucas@sas.com;
Bert Bishop Ohio State Univ/OARDC bishop.11@osu.edu;
Francis Giesbrecht NCSU giesbrecht@stat.ncsu.edu;
Jason Osborne NCSU osborne@stat.ncsu.edu;
Barry Moser LSU bmoser@lsu.edu;
Fang Chen SAS Institute FangK.Chen@sas.com;
Bryan Vinyard Beltsville Agric Research Center vinyardb@ba.ars.usda.gov;
Ted Bailey Iowa State tbbailey@iastate.edu;
Fikret Isik NCSU Dept of Forestry fisik@ncsu.edu;
Hoke Hill Clemson hhill@clemson.edu;
Sara Duke USDA-ARS College Station TX seduke@spa.ars.usda.gov;
Andy Mauromoustakos Univ of Arkansas amauro@uark.edu;
Kenneth Koonce Admin. Advisor, LSU kkoonce@lsu.edu;
Larry Miller Admin. Advisor, CSREES lmiller@csrees.usda.gov;

Brief Summary of Minutes

The 2005 SCC13, University Statisticians of Southern Experiment Stations (USSES) meeting was hosted by Marcia Gumpertz, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University and held June 26  28, 2005 at the Yonahlosee Resort in Blowing Rock, NC. The meeting agenda focused on microarray experiments and microarray data analysis using mixed models, and a Bayesian approach in the analysis of a microarray experiment. In addition representatives from SAS Institute made presentations on SAS Analytics and Business Intelligence and on new and evolving procedures in SAS/STAT software. The meeting agenda was:

SUNDAY, JUNE 26

8-10 pm: Dessert Reception

MONDAY, JUNE 27

9:00-10:15 am: Microarray experiment design and data analysis,
presented by Jason Osborne (NCSU Statistics)

10:30-12:00: Microarray data analysis, presented by Russ Wolfinger
(SAS Institute)

1:30-3:30 pm: Introduction to Bayesian concepts and Bayesian
hierarchical models, presented by Fang Chen (SAS Institute)

4:00-5:00 pm: Bayesian models and microarray data, presented by
Russ Wolfinger (SAS Institute)

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

9-10:30 am: What's new is SAS Analytics and SAS Business Intelligence
Platform, presented by Herb Kirk (SAS Institute)
followed immediately by GLIMMIX, QUANTREG, QLIM, ENTROPY,
High Performance Forecasting presented by Bob Lucas,
(SAS Institute)

11-12 noon: Business meeting. adjourn

Brief Minutes of the Business Meeting:

The first order of business was to make station reports from the represented states. Though a number of states reported that faculty raises had been received the last year and that several anticipated raises in the coming year, most, if not all states indicated that Experiment Station positions for statistical consulting and collaborative research are being lost as a result of attrition (faculty leaving the university or retiring and vacant positions not being filled and lost). This overall decline in Experiment Station statisticians was viewed as very serious and could well have negative consequences for agricultural research and its competitiveness for grant dollars. It was also noted that the model of free statistical consulting often provided through Experiment Stations may begin to be change to a fee for services operation at some units.

The second order of business was to arrange for a meeting site in 2006. Paul Cornelius (KY) agreed to host the 2006 meeting in Lexington, KY with a time frame of from June to mid-July with late June being most likely. Arnold Saxton (TN), Mark Payton (OK), and Barry Moser (LA) agreed to serve as a program committee to help arrange the 2006 meeting program. Paul indicated that his wife would be interested in helping with spousal activities arrangements. The 2007 meeting will be a joint meeting with the NCR-170 group with it being their turn to host the meeting. The NCR-170 group is meeting in Fort Collins, CO later in 2005. No plans were set for 2008 and later [it is noted that of current attendees Tennessee and Georgia have not hosted in a while].

Kenneth Koonce, Administrative Advisor (LA) suggested that the group consider a regional project on statistical genomics, including design and analysis of microarray experiments. Recent USSES meetings have focused on this general topic and it encompasses a lot of the modern statistical tools that are in general demand for consulting statisticians including generalized linear and non-linear mixed models, Bayesian methods, spatial data analysis, data mining and multivariate methods, multiplicity in testing, statistical graphics, and experimental design. A regional project would help USSES members better synthesize the vast statistical knowledge being generated in these areas and would help to direct them in approaches most useful for experiments that members are likely to encounter.

Marcia Gumpertz (NC) was thanked by the USSES attendees for hosting the meeting and providing us with an excellent program and meeting facilities. The meeting adjourned at 11:40a.m.

On the Monday prior to the business meeting held on Tuesday, Larry Miller, Administrative Advisor (USDA) discussed proposals that were deliberated on in Washington concerning changes to formula funding for the Experiment Stations that would result in a competitive grants program. A lot of this direction comes from OMB where they see a grants program as providing much more oversight and accountability to USDA than the current formula funding approach. There was also concern raised about the reduced number of agricultural scientists seeking support from statisticians, and the reduced number of statisticians to perform the consulting work. A question posed was how to financially support statistical consulting at Experiment Stations? How would such support be phased in over a 2-year time frame?

Submitted by: E. Barry Moser, Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5606

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Speakers/Instructors and representatives from various state Agricultural Experiment
Stations, USDA-ARS units, and SAS Institute Inc., who attended.

Dr. John Aleong, University of Vermont.
Dr. Mark Bailey, SAS Institute Inc.
Dr. Debbie Boykin, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS.
Dr. Ted Bailey, Iowa State University, Ames.
Dr. Paul L. Cornelius, University of Kentucky.
Dr. Jerry W. Davis, University of Georgia, Griffin.
Dr. Patrick D. Gerard, Mississippi State University.
Dr. Larry Grimes, Clemson University.
Dr. Hoke S. Hill, Clemson University.
Dr. Herbert Kirk, SAS Institute Inc.
Dr. Kenneth L Koonce, Louisiana State University.
Dr. Claudia Leonardi, Louisiana State University.
Dr. Jason Osborne, North Carolina State University.
Dr. Doug Robinson, SAS Institute Inc.
Dr. Arnold Saxton, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dr. Arnold Stromberg, University of Kentucky.
Dr. Walter W Stroup, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Dr. Rob Tempelman, Michigan State University.
Dr. Bryan Vinyard, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.
Dr. Russ Wolfinger, SAS Institute Inc.

Other University of Kentucky faculty and students who attended.

Dr. Kelly R Brown, Post-doctoral scholar, Dept. of Animal and Food Science.
Mr. Stephen Coleman, Graduate student, Gluck Equinine Research Center.
Dr. Kuey Chen, Microarray Core Facility.
Dr. Bruce Downie, Dept. of Horticulture.
Dr. Randy Dinkins, USDA-ARS-FAPRU.
Mr. Matt Hersh, Graduate Student, Statistics.
Dr. James N MacLeod, Gluck Equine Research Center.
Dr. Michael Mienaltowski, DVM, Graduate student, Gluck Equine Research Center.
Dr. Naoki Miura, Post-doctoral scholar, Gluck Equine Research Center.
Dr. Sue Nokes, Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.
Ms. Rhonda VanDyke, Graduate Assistant for Stat. Consulting, KY Ag. Expt. Station.
Ms. Wenying Zhu, Graduate student, Gluck Equine Research Center.

Spouses participating in the spouses outing.

Carol Bailey, spouse of Dr. Ted Bailey, Iowa State University.
Barbara Cornelius, spouse of Dr. Paul L. Cornelius, University of Kentucky
Margaret Grimes, spouse of Dr. Larry Grimes, Clemson Univeristy
Jean Hill, spouse of Dr. Hoke Hill, Clemson University
Judy Koonce, spouse of Dr. Kenneth Koonce, Lousiana State University

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USSES-2006 MEETING SUMMARY  June 14-16, 2006
(SCC013)

The annual meeting of the SCC013 Information Exchange Group [a.k.a, University Statisticians of Southern Experiment Stations (USSES)] met in Lexington, Kentucky, on Wednesday-Friday, June 14-16, 2006, with the University of Kentucky (UK) as host institution and Dr. Paul L. Cornelius, as chair for local arrangements. Early in the planning Dr. Arnold Saxton (University of Tennessee) and Dr. Barry Moser (Louisiana State University) served as Program Co-chairs. Dr. Saxton continued as Program Chairperson after the sudden and untimely death of Dr. Moser in mid-April due to a massive heart attack.

The planned program included a SAS JMP Genomics workshop to be conducted by Drs. Russ Wolfinger, Doug Robinson, and Mark Bailey from SAS Insititute Inc., and Dr. Arnold Stromberg, Professor of Statistics and Director of Data Analysis for the Microarray Core Facility, UK. Arrangements were made to use a computer lab on the UK campus as the venue for the workshop.

About one week before the scheduled meeting, it was apparent that, after accommodating all USSES who had registered for the meeting, there would still be empty seats in the computer lab. With the permission of Dr. Wolfinger, the remaining seats were made available to University of Kentucky personnel, mostly to persons from various areas of agricultural science.

The actual meeting began on Wednesday evening, June 14, with a reception for registered participants and spouses at the Crowne Plaza Lexington at the Campbell House.

On Thursday morning (June 15), participants staying at the Crowne Plaza were shuttled to the UK Agricultural Data Centers computer lab. After a short welcome message delivered by Dr. Nancy Cox, Director of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, the SAS Genomics Workshop was conducted, this lasting until about 4:30p.m. with appropriate mid-morning, lunch, and mid-afternoon breaks.

The instruction included tutorials on introduction to JMP, JMP Microarray I, JMP Microarry II, JMP Genetics and JMP Proteomics. The final event of the afternoon was a half-hour presentation on Estimation of the False Discovery Rate in Microarray Experiments by Dr. Jason Osborne, North Carolina State University. Participants were shuttled back to the Crowne Plaza at about 5:00 p.m. and at 6:30p.m. enjoyed a bountiful and delicious buffet dinner catered by the Crowne Plaza.

On Friday morning (July 16), participants were again shuttled to the UK campus, this time to a conference room adjacent to the computer lab, to hear presentations by Dr. Herbert Kirk, SAS Institute Inc., and Dr. Rob Tempelman, Michigan State University. Dr. Kirk spoke to us about new statistical computing directions, products and changes in SAS software to be expected in the future. Dr. Tempelmans presentation was on Bayesian Analysis for Microarrays.

After the mid-morning break, the business meeting was held. Two items of business were addressed. The first item had to do with disposition of surplus funds (if any) from the 2006 meeting. To provide documentation for what should be done with any surplus funds, a motion was made by Dr. Arnold Saxton, seconded by Dr. Walt Stroup, that any surplus funds from the 2006 meeting should be sent to the chairperson for the 2007 USSES meeting to be applied toward funding for the 2007 meeting, provided that a chairperson has been selected before the expiration date for the present temporary USSES account at the University of Kentucky. Otherwise, they should be sent to Dr. Kenneth Koonce at Lousiana State University to act as custodian of such funds until a chairperson for the 2007 meeting has been chosen.

The second item of business was with respect to the USSES meeting in 2007. It was agreed that Drs. Walt Stroup, Hoke Hill and Rob Tempelman would act as a committee to decide whether USSES will meet jointly with NCCC170 in 2007 (based on the NCCC170s wishes and program plans), and, if so, whom will serve as the USSES chairperson for that event. If not, then it is understood that the 2007 meeting will be in South Carolina with Clemson University as the host institution and Dr. Hoke Hill as chairperson.

The 2006 USSES meeting was attended by 32 registered participants (including speakers/instructors), a list of which is appended to this meeting summary.

This report would not be complete without a brief mention of the spouses outing on Thursday, June 15, associated with the 2006 USSES meeting. Spouses of four USSES members participated in the spouses outing planned and led by Mrs. Barbara S. Cornelius (spouse of Paul L. Cornelius). Events on the outing were a tour of the Toyota automobile assembly plant at Georgetown, KY, a drive through some of the Lexington area horse farm country, lunch at Spindletop Hall (former horse farm mansion, now home for a UK faculty-alumni club) (http://www.spindletophall.org/) and a visit to the Ashland Henry Clay Estate (http://www.henryclay.org/). Thanks are also due to Barbara for her help in making arrangements for the reception and buffet dinner at the Crowne Plaza, the Thursday box lunch, and breaktime amenities (which she not only planned, but for which she also did much of the leg work).

Lastly, I want to express a Thank you to Mr. Christopher (Chris) Canjar, UK Agricultural Data Center IS Technical Support Specialist, for his seeing to having the computer lab, and the conference room, ready for our use; to Ms. Susan Leopold, UK Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences (UK-PLS) Staff Associate, for secretarial help and assistance with provison of breaktime coffee; to Ms. Ann Norris, UK-PLS Administrative Staff Officer, for her assistance in handling the funds and financial accounting for the meeting; and to Ms. Jayne White, UK Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Staff Support Associate (office in close proximity to our break room), for her cooperation and assistance in many ways.

Respectfully submitted,

Dr. Paul L. Cornelius
Professor, Dept. of Plant Soil Sciences, and Dept. of Statistics, University of Kentucky

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USSES-2006 MEETING SUMMARY  June 14-16, 2006
(SCC013)


Dr. John Aleong, University of Vermont.
Dr. Mark Bailey, SAS Institute Inc.
Dr. Debbie Boykin, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS.
Dr. Ted Bailey, Iowa State University, Ames.
Dr. Paul L. Cornelius, University of Kentucky.
Dr. Jerry W. Davis, University of Georgia, Griffin.
Dr. Patrick D. Gerard, Mississippi State University.
Dr. Larry Grimes, Clemson University.
Dr. Hoke S. Hill, Clemson University.
Dr. Herbert Kirk, SAS Institute Inc.
Dr. Kenneth L Koonce, Louisiana State University.
Dr. Claudia Leonardi, Louisiana State University.
Dr. Jason Osborne, North Carolina State University.
Dr. Doug Robinson, SAS Institute Inc.
Dr. Arnold Saxton, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dr. Arnold Stromberg, University of Kentucky.
Dr. Walter W Stroup, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Dr. Rob Tempelman, Michigan State University.
Dr. Bryan Vinyard, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.
Dr. Russ Wolfinger, SAS Institute Inc.

Other University of Kentucky faculty and students who attended.

Dr. Kelly R Brown, Post-doctoral scholar, Dept. of Animal and Food Science.
Mr. Stephen Coleman, Graduate student, Gluck Equinine Research Center.
Dr. Kuey Chen, Microarray Core Facility.
Dr. Bruce Downie, Dept. of Horticulture.
Dr. Randy Dinkins, USDA-ARS-FAPRU.
Mr. Matt Hersh, Graduate Student, Statistics.
Dr. James N MacLeod, Gluck Equine Research Center.
Dr. Michael Mienaltowski, DVM, Graduate student, Gluck Equine Research Center.
Dr. Naoki Miura, Post-doctoral scholar, Gluck Equine Research Center.
Dr. Sue Nokes, Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.
Ms. Rhonda VanDyke, Graduate Assistant for Stat. Consulting, KY Ag. Expt. Station.
Ms. Wenying Zhu, Graduate student, Gluck Equine Research Center.

Spouses participating in the spouses outing.

Carol Bailey, spouse of Dr. Ted Bailey, Iowa State University.
Barbara Cornelius, spouse of Dr. Paul L. Cornelius, University of Kentucky
Margaret Grimes, spouse of Dr. Larry Grimes, Clemson Univeristy
Jean Hill, spouse of Dr. Hoke Hill, Clemson University
Judy Koonce, spouse of Dr. Kenneth Koonce, Lousiana State University

Brief Summary of Minutes

USSES-2006 MEETING SUMMARY  June 14-16, 2006
(SCC013)

The annual meeting of the SCC013 Information Exchange Group [a.k.a, University Statisticians of Southern Experiment Stations (USSES)] met in Lexington, Kentucky, on Wednesday-Friday, June 14-16, 2006, with the University of Kentucky (UK) as host institution and Dr. Paul L. Cornelius, as chair for local arrangements. Early in the planning Dr. Arnold Saxton (University of Tennessee) and Dr. Barry Moser (Louisiana State University) served as Program Co-chairs. Dr. Saxton continued as Program Chairperson after the sudden and untimely death of Dr. Moser in mid-April due to a massive heart attack.

The planned program included a SAS JMP Genomics workshop to be conducted by Drs. Russ Wolfinger, Doug Robinson, and Mark Bailey from SAS Insititute Inc., and Dr. Arnold Stromberg, Professor of Statistics and Director of Data Analysis for the Microarray Core Facility, UK. Arrangements were made to use a computer lab on the UK campus as the venue for the workshop.

About one week before the scheduled meeting, it was apparent that, after accommodating all USSES who had registered for the meeting, there would still be empty seats in the computer lab. With the permission of Dr. Wolfinger, the remaining seats were made available to University of Kentucky personnel, mostly to persons from various areas of agricultural science.

The actual meeting began on Wednesday evening, June 14, with a reception for registered participants and spouses at the Crowne Plaza Lexington at the Campbell House.

On Thursday morning (June 15), participants staying at the Crowne Plaza were shuttled to the UK Agricultural Data Centers computer lab. After a short welcome message delivered by Dr. Nancy Cox, Director of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, the SAS Genomics Workshop was conducted, this lasting until about 4:30p.m. with appropriate mid-morning, lunch, and mid-afternoon breaks.

The instruction included tutorials on introduction to JMP, JMP Microarray I, JMP Microarry II, JMP Genetics and JMP Proteomics. The final event of the afternoon was a half-hour presentation on Estimation of the False Discovery Rate in Microarray Experiments by Dr. Jason Osborne, North Carolina State University. Participants were shuttled back to the Crowne Plaza at about 5:00 p.m. and at 6:30p.m. enjoyed a bountiful and delicious buffet dinner catered by the Crowne Plaza.

On Friday morning (July 16), participants were again shuttled to the UK campus, this time to a conference room adjacent to the computer lab, to hear presentations by Dr. Herbert Kirk, SAS Institute Inc., and Dr. Rob Tempelman, Michigan State University. Dr. Kirk spoke to us about new statistical computing directions, products and changes in SAS software to be expected in the future. Dr. Tempelmans presentation was on Bayesian Analysis for Microarrays.

After the mid-morning break, the business meeting was held. Two items of business were addressed. The first item had to do with disposition of surplus funds (if any) from the 2006 meeting. To provide documentation for what should be done with any surplus funds, a motion was made by Dr. Arnold Saxton, seconded by Dr. Walt Stroup, that any surplus funds from the 2006 meeting should be sent to the chairperson for the 2007 USSES meeting to be applied toward funding for the 2007 meeting, provided that a chairperson has been selected before the expiration date for the present temporary USSES account at the University of Kentucky. Otherwise, they should be sent to Dr. Kenneth Koonce at Lousiana State University to act as custodian of such funds until a chairperson for the 2007 meeting has been chosen.

The second item of business was with respect to the USSES meeting in 2007. It was agreed that Drs. Walt Stroup, Hoke Hill and Rob Tempelman would act as a committee to decide whether USSES will meet jointly with NCCC170 in 2007 (based on the NCCC170s wishes and program plans), and, if so, whom will serve as the USSES chairperson for that event. If not, then it is understood that the 2007 meeting will be in South Carolina with Clemson University as the host institution and Dr. Hoke Hill as chairperson.

The 2006 USSES meeting was attended by 32 registered participants (including speakers/instructors), a list of which is appended to this meeting summary.

This report would not be complete without a brief mention of the spouses outing on Thursday, June 15, associated with the 2006 USSES meeting. Spouses of four USSES members participated in the spouses outing planned and led by Mrs. Barbara S. Cornelius (spouse of Paul L. Cornelius). Events on the outing were a tour of the Toyota automobile assembly plant at Georgetown, KY, a drive through some of the Lexington area horse farm country, lunch at Spindletop Hall (former horse farm mansion, now home for a UK faculty-alumni club) (http://www.spindletophall.org/) and a visit to the Ashland Henry Clay Estate (http://www.henryclay.org/). Thanks are also due to Barbara for her help in making arrangements for the reception and buffet dinner at the Crowne Plaza, the Thursday box lunch, and breaktime amenities (which she not only planned, but for which she also did much of the leg work).

Lastly, I want to express a Thank you to Mr. Christopher (Chris) Canjar, UK Agricultural Data Center IS Technical Support Specialist, for his seeing to having the computer lab, and the conference room, ready for our use; to Ms. Susan Leopold, UK Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences (UK-PLS) Staff Associate, for secretarial help and assistance with provison of breaktime coffee; to Ms. Ann Norris, UK-PLS Administrative Staff Officer, for her assistance in handling the funds and financial accounting for the meeting; and to Ms. Jayne White, UK Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Staff Support Associate (office in close proximity to our break room), for her cooperation and assistance in many ways.

Respectfully submitted,
Dr. Paul L. Cornelius
Professor, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences,and Dept. of Statistics
University of Kentucky

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Jerry Davis, Georgia; Jay Geaghan, and Kevin McCarter, LSU; Hoke Hill, Clemson; Andy Mauromoustakos, Arkansas; Jason Osborne, N.C. State; Arnold Saxton, Tennessee; Edzard Van Santen, Auburn; and Linda Young, Florida.

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Report from USSES Meeting of July 25-27, 2007

USSES and NCCC-170 held a joint meeting on July 25-27, 2007 at Utah State University. A delightful reception was hosted by Susan Durham on Wednesday evening. On Thursday, Walt Stroup presented an excellent program on GLIMMIX. He gave many application examples and highlighted new features coming in the next release. Separate business meetings of the two groups were held on Friday morning.

USSES Meeting Minutes -
The USSES Business Meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 27, 2007. Attending were Jerry Davis, Georgia; Jay Geaghan, and Kevin McCarter, LSU; Hoke Hill, Clemson; Andy Mauromoustakos, Arkansas; Jason Osborne, N.C. State; Arnold Saxton, Tennessee; Edzard Van Santen, Auburn; and Linda Young, Florida.
State reports were given. Lively discussions ensued relating to consulting staffing models, tenure issues, and funding support concerns on our campuses.
Edzard volunteered to host the 2008 USSES Meeting at Auburn with June 25-27 as a tentative date. Jason volunteered to be the program coordinator. Consensus of the group was for the program to center around more on GLIMMIX and sessions on JMP Genomics.
Tentative plans would be for us to meet in a computer lab for a hands-on workshop session. Edzard hopes to find some datasets for us to analyze with GLIMMIX and Linda will discuss radial smoothing using GLIMMIX. Andy plans to lead us in a JMP review/overview session followed by Jason presenting some JMP Genomics applications.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 a.m. Report submitted by Hoke Hill

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van Santen, Edzard evsanten@acesag.auburn.edu Auburn;
Osborne, Jason osborne@stat.ncsu.edu North Carolina State;
Boykin, Debbie debbie.boykin@ars.usda.edu USDA ARS;
Cornelius, Paul pcornel@uky.edu Kentucky;
Davis, Jjwd@uga.edu Georgia;
Hill, Hoke hshill@clemson.edu Clemson;
Gerard, Pat pgerard@clemson Clemson;
McCarter, Kevin mccarter@lsu.edu LSU;
Koonce, Ken kkoonce@lsu.edu LSU;
Young, Linda ljyoung@ufl.edu Florida;
Saxton, Saxton asaxton@utk.edu Tennessee;
Tempelman, Rob templema@msu.edu Michigan State;
Mauromoustakos, Andy amauro@uark.eduArkansas.

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Report from USSES Meeting of June 25-27, 2008

USSES held its annual meeting on June 25-27, 2008 at Auburn University. A reception was held on Wednesday night by Edzard van Santen, our local host. On Thursday, Andy Mauromoustakos of the University of Arkansas gave an overview of the capabilities of SAS JMP software, emphasizing how it can be used to enhance instruction. That was followed by a presentation of SAS JMP Genomics capabilities by Shannon Conners, SAS JMP Genomics Product Manager. On Friday, Linda Young of the University of Florida gave a presentation highlighting some of the new features of the Glimmix procedure in SAS.

USSES Business Meeting Minutes

The USSES Business Meeting was called to order at 11:00 a.m., Friday June 27, 2008. In attendance were Edzard van Santen, Auburn; Jason Osborne, North Carolina State; Debbie Boykin, USDA ARS; Paul Cornelius, Kentucky; Jerry Davis, Georgia; Hoke Hill and Pat Gerard, Clemson; Kevin McCarter and Ken Koonce, LSU; Linda Young, Florida; Arnold Saxton, Tennessee; Rob Tempelman, Michigan State; and Andy Mauromoustakos, Arkansas.

State Reports were given. Staffing and budget items were discussed.

Jerry Davis agreed to host the 2009 USSES meeting in Georgia, either in the mountains of north Georgia or at the Griffin experiment station. Kevin McCarter agreed to coordinate the program. Suggestions for program topics included updates on SAS 9.2 and the new version of JMP, a primer on the Bayesian procedures available in SAS, and possibly new approaches to data analysis emphasizing precision agriculture.

Ken Koonce gave an update on the application for renewal of the USSES information exchange group. Instructions were provided for anyone wishing to enroll as members of the group.

Jerry Davis requested input on changing the default reply for the Listserv. It was agreed that the default should not be to reply to the entire group, thereby reducing unnecessary emails.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:50 a.m. Report submitted by Pat Gerard

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