PROCEEDINGS May 15, 16, 17, 18, 2005 - Casualty Actuarial Society

786 REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT—ADMINISTRATIONthat many members will opt to use the more up-to-date onlinedirectory.The Society achieves quite a lot through the volunteer effortsof members. To acknowledge the vital participants in CAS activities,CAS established the Above and Beyond AchievementAward as a way to recognize one-time accomplishments occurringover the past two years by volunteers. The CAS awarded the2005 ABAA to David Menning, Kristine Kuzora, Jerome Vogel,and Michael Wacek.David Menning has been highly effective in leading the CAS’sjoint efforts with the SOA and CIA to implement computerbasedtesting (CBT) for Exam 1. Kristine Kuzora volunteeredon the Research Paper Classifier Project where she classifiedover 600 abstracts with the new CAS Research Taxonomy–in just 25 days. The CAS honored Jerome Vogel for workingon the Research Paper Classifier Project Committee. Atthe time the award was given, he had classified over 500 abstracts,or 13 percent of the 4,200 abstracts needing classification.Michael Wacek was selected for his work in chairing theCAS Working Party on Risk Transfer Testing where he produceda thorough, high-quality research paper in just one month’stime.In December the CAS office moved to a new location in Arlington,Virginia. The larger office space allows for more staffgrowth and is in closer proximity to the Washington, D.C. Metrorailsystem.MEMBERSHIP STATISTICSMembership growth continued with 180 new Associates and132 new Fellows. The total number of members as of November2005 was 4,150, up four percent from the previous year. TheCAS reached the 4,000 member milestone with the addition of22 new members on February 16, 2005.