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Jim Cassell                                        jwcassell@UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science           Phone:  919-962-0782
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill           Fax:    919-962-4777
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355   USA

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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 15:13:20 -0400
From: Leif Jensen <jensen@POP.PSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list RURSOC-L <RURSOC-L@UKCC.uky.edu>
Subject: copafs conference

On 29-30 November, 1995, the Council of Professional Associations
on Federal Statistics (COPAFS), of which RSS is a member, will
host a conference on "New Approaches to Defining Metropolitan and
Non-Metropolitan Areas."  The purpose of this conference is to
provide a forum for evaluating alternative definition approaches
and for the Office of Managament and Budget (OMB) to hear the
concerns of the user community.  Following the conference, OMB
will begin work on developing the standards that will be used to
define metro areas with 2000 Census data.  The metro area
standards have received several reviews and modifications since
inception prior to the 1950 Census.  The central question at
issue now is whether the revisions of the standards have enabled
metropolitan areas to remain an effective classification.  Or do
evolving settlement patterns, changes in data uses, and
technological opportunities indicate changes in approach for the
start of the 21st Century?

Conference participants will include representatives and
researchers from federal, state and local government,
universities, and the private sector.  The cost for the two-day
seminar, which will take place at the Bethesda, MD, Holiday Inn,
will be $125.00 per person.  Registration will be limited to 250
participants.  To register, send your name, affiliation, mailing
address, daytime and fax numbers, along with a check or purchase
order for $125.00 per person to COPAFS, Suite 402, 1429 Duke
Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314-3402.  If you need overnight
accomodations, call the Holidy Inn at 1-800-HOLIDAY.  Mention code
"COP" for discounted room rate of $99.00 per night.  For further
information, contact Ed Spar or Susan Cohen in the COPAFS office
tel: 703-836-0404; FAX: 703-684-2037.

Submitted by Leif Jensen, RSS Liaison to COPAFS.