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From: Erling Moxnes < >
Subject: 2009 Winter Policy Council meetings
Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties,
Happy New Year!
First, let me thank the outgoing members of the Policy Council - Qifan Wang (Past President), Deborah Campbell (VP Member Services), David Packer (Secretary), Gloria Pérez Salazar, Santanu Roy, Ali Kerem Saysel, and Krystyna Stave (PC members) - for their service to the Society. Thanks to those who have agreed to take on another term Robert L. Eberlein (VP Electronic Presence) and Deborah Lines Andersen (VP Publications). I would also like to welcome the new members to the Council - Rogelio Oliva (President Elect), Krystyna Stave (VP Member Services), J. Bradley Morrison (Secretary), Susan Howick, Birgit Kopainsky, Agata Sawicka, and Aldo Zagonel (PC members) - we look forward to your input!
For the 2009 Winter Policy Council Meeting we will use last year's three phase procedure. We start with an online electronic session (January 3-16 for reports and January 3-23 for discussions of slate of candidates). We have a face-to-face meeting at WPI for those who can attend - with possible phone links (January 17). Finally we have an online electronic session (January 24 - February 20). The main difference from last year is that the process starts earlier.
The purpose of the face-to-face meeting will be to (1) discuss administrative issues; (2) discuss open policy issues on the agenda for the second electronic session; and (3) refine and propose motions for the second electronic session. All motions except routine approvals of minutes, etc., will be discussed and voted during this second electronic session.
Instructions for posting materials, electronic discussion, and voting will be disseminated shortly. For the Winter Meeting we will be asking VPs and Committee Chairs to update their reports from the 2008 Summer Meeting, rather than providing full reports (full reports will be given at the Summer Meetings). So if nothing has transpired, your update can be very brief! If you are a new VP, please work with your predecessor in preparing your update.
Finally, the Policy Council will need to review and recognize the slate of candidates to take office in 2010. A separate schedule for this process will be sent as soon as we have a slate from the Nominating Committee.
In summary, immediate actions on your part are:
Vice Presidents and Committee Chairs provide report updates by January 2.
Everyone review the proposed agenda items and suggest additions by January 9. You find the agenda and schedule for the 2009 Winter Policy Council Meeting below or a printer friendly version at http://www.systemdynamics.org/PolicyCouncil/2009/winter/pre_agenda.pdf
If you have any questions or suggestions for the e-meeting please feel free to contact us.
Best regards,
Erling Moxnes
President (2009)
AGENDA AND SCHEDULE FOR 2009 WINTER POLICY COUNCIL MEETING
Note: All updates/reports from VPs and Committees as well as summaries of discussion items are due January 2
Opening Electronic Sessions:
January 3 - 16: Online comments and discussion of REPORTS
January 3 - 23: Online discussion of SLATE OF CANDIDATES
I) Opening and overview of electronic session (pre face-to-face meeting)
II) Vice Presidential Reports - Presentation, Discussion and Announcements
(During the opening session, please restrict questions to clarification only; substantive discussion should be placed in the appropriate thread for the post face-to-face meeting electronic session, or a new discussion item requested for that session)
A) At Large: Joel Rahn
B) Chapter Activities: Tim Haslett and AVP Martin Schaffernicht
1) Psychology chapter change to SIG
C) E-Presence: Robert Eberlein
D) Finance: David Andersen
E) Meetings: Andreas Größler
1) 2008 Conference Report: Roberta Spencer
2) 2009 Conference Report: Aldo Zagonel
3) 2010 Conference Report: Namsung Ahn
4) 2011 and beyond Conference Report: Andreas Größler
5) New budgeting procedure that breaks out local expenses: Bob Eberlein
F) Member Activities: Krystyna Stave and AVP Agata Sawicka
1) General Information
2) Membership Dues Impact
3) SIG Report
4) Proposed projects
G) Publications: Deborah Andersen
1) Report of the Publisher of the System Dynamics Review: Graham Russel
2) Webmaster: Jack Pugh
3) Editor of the System Dynamics Review: Brian Dangerfield
H) Executive Director: Roberta Spencer
III) Committee Reports - Presentation, Discussion and Announcements
(During the opening session, please restrict questions to clarification only; substantive discussion should be placed in the appropriate thread for the second electronic session, or a new discussion item requested for that session)
A) Standing Committees
1) Administrative Committee: Peter Milling
2) Awards Committee: Khalid Saeed
(a) Forrester Award (Ad Hoc): Jac Vennix
(b) Dana Meadows Award (Ad Hoc): Joel Rahn
(c) Applications Award (Ad Hoc): Jim Lyneis
(d) Community Service Award (Ad Hoc): Bob Eberlein
(e) Other Outside Awards: Khalid Saeed
3) Nominating Committee: Jim Lyneis
(a) Present the 2010 Slate of Candidates
4) Organization and Bylaws: Brad Morrison
5) Publications: Eric Wolstenholme
B) Ad Hoc Committees
1) Conference Program: Andy Ford
(a) To be reported at Winter 2009 Meeting: Conference Program Committee: Formed by President James Lyneis and met for the first time in 2008 Athens, to provide a means for dealing with program issues and for providing continuity of policies between conferences. The committee will rotate membership annually at the conference, and consist of the following members, the names for the first committee are included. For 2009: Current Program Chair, serving as Committee Chair (2009 Andy Ford and team), Next Program Chair (for 2010, TBA), Past two years Program Chairs (2008 Brian Dangerfield and 2007 John Sterman/Rogelio Oliva), VP Meetings (Andreas Groessler), VP Publications (Deborah Andersen), VP Electronic Presence (Bob Eberlein), Executive Director (Roberta Spencer)
2) Diversity: Peter Hovmand
3) Dues/Conference Fees: Andreas Größler
4) Strategy Development: Erling Moxnes
IV) Call for additions to agenda for second electronic session and announcements
The following are potential items for discussion in the face-to-face meeting and second electronic discussion. A brief description of the issue and any preliminary supporting materials will be posted as available before the face-to-face meeting (via Conferences>Submission login). Members are invited to post additional comments and materials on any of these issues during the pre face-to-face meeting electronic session (via ). However, the main discussion of these items will occur in the post face-to-face meeting electronic session. If you have other items for discussion or announcements, please email the Society Office by January 9.
A) Renewed Interest in System Dynamics Institute, rejuvenate the process: Khalid Saeed (face-to-face meeting notes Mar 11 08)
B) Establishment of a Conference Selection Committee: Andreas Größler (face-to-face meeting notes Mar 11 08)
C) Duties of Officers: Jim Lyneis (face-to-face meeting notes Mar 11 08)
D) Handling of non-attendance voting during the Summer PC Meeting: I would like to raise a discussion about the procedure of voting for those who can't attend the meeting during the conference. For the electronic voting in winter we have a clear procedure and everybody can participate. But as far as I know it is not possible to transfer the vote to - i.e. - pc-member who are at the conference. There are good reasons to do so. But on the other hand I see also a lot of arguments to maybe change this. I am interested what other members and the office thinks about that. Should this procedure be revised? Lars Weber (Dec 6 08 Email)
E) Higher rejection rates at conferences? Higher standards for proceedings than for presentations? Erling Moxnes
F) SDS strategy, agreement on ambitions and organization of the strategy work? Erling Moxnes
1) Upgrading the Quality of Models: Jay W Forrester (left over from last year, Jay has been asked if this should remain)
2) One-pager on what is system dynamics (face-to-face meeting notes Mar 11 08)
Face-to-Face Meeting: January 17
The face-to-face meeting will first review any administrative issues identified by the Administrative Committee, VP Finance David Andersen, or Executive Director Roberta Spencer. Then, the items proposed for discussion in the post face-to-face meeting electronic session will be reviewed. Relevant materials will be assembled and reviewed, issues discussed, and alternatives proposed. These materials and discussion will then be summarized and posted to the web system for review, discussion, and voting where required by the entire Policy Council.
Post Face-to-Face Meeting Electronic Session: January 24 - February 20
V) Detailed agenda for this session will be posted after the face-to-face meeting (includes preliminary and final discussions, motions revisions and voting)
VI) Electronic Vote on Slate of Candidates January 24 - 30, 2009
VII) Motion to Adjourn Winter E-Meeting (Formal end of meeting February 21)
By March 31st: Notify membership regarding Slate of Candidates and their opportunity to submit other candidates, as well as the results of any motions (in Newsletter or separate email).
Erling Moxnes
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:34:42 -0500
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Subject: Face-to-Face Meeting Agenda
Dear Policy Council and Other Interested Parties:
Please find below the agenda for the Face-to-Face Meeting, scheduled for Saturday January 17 at 11 AM at WPI. If you have anything you would like to add, please let us know so that it can be discussed at the meeting and then get presented for the electronic discussion to follow. The timespan for the second electronic session (post face-toface meeting) is January 24 to February 20. A detailed agenda for this session will be posted after the face-to-face meeting which will included preliminary and final discussions, motions revisions and voting.
Agenda for "Face-to-Face" Policy Council Meeting
1. REVIEW STATUS OF OFFICER AND COMMITTEE REPORTS (All reports uploaded except At Large, Chapter Activities, Member Activities, Administrative Committee, Organization and Bylaws, Publications, Conference Program, Dues/Conference Fees, Strategy Development)
a. Status of Officer and Committee Reports
i. OFFICER Reports:
1. E-Presence: Robert Eberlein
2. Finance: David Andersen
3. Meetings: Andreas Grler
a. 2008 Conference Report: Roberta Spencer
b. 2009 Conference Report: Andy Ford
c. 2010: Namsung Ahn
d. 2011 Brief Summary: Roberta Spencer
4. Publications: Deborah Andersen
a. Report of the Publisher: Graham Russel
b. Editor of the System Dynamics Review: Brian Dangerfield
5. Executive Director: Roberta Spencer
ii. STANDING COMMITTEE Reports:
1. Awards Committee: Khalid Saeed
2. Nominating Committee: Jim Lyneis
iii. AD HOC COMMITTEE Reports:
1. Diversity: Peter Hovmand
2. Scholarship Committee Report: Bob Eberlein
iii. OTHER Reports:
1. Australasian Chapter Report: Mark Heffernan
2. Report on Conference Survey Athens, 2008: Etienne Rouwette
3. The Latinamerican Chapter Summary: Martin Schaffernicht
b. DISCUSSION of Reports if needed
c. OPEN Issues on Committees
i. Confirm make-up of committees: Organization and By-Laws,
Publications, Diversity, Dues/Conference Fees, Strategic Planning
2. DISCUSSION OF KNOWN MOTIONS/ACTION ITEMS
a. Approve Summer 2008 Minutes (Motion needed for 2nd electronic meeting)
b. Update on Other Awards
c. Update on Current and Future conferences
i. 2009, 2010
ii. 2011 in US/NA and 2012 in Europe
d. Renewed Interest in System Dynamics Institute
e. Establishment of a Conference Selection Committee
f. Update/complete duties of Officers
g. Handling of non-attendance voting during the Summer PC Meeting
h. Higher rejection rates at conferences?
i. Higher standards for proceedings than for presentations?
i. SDS strategy, agreement on ambitions and organization of the
strategy work?
i. Upgrading the Quality of Models
ii. One-pager on what is system dynamics
j. Biennial international conferences?
i. Possibilities for virtual conferences?
3. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MOTIONS/ACTION ITEMS
Roberta L. Spencer office@systemdynamics.org
Executive Director phone (518) 442-3865
SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY fax (518) 442-3398
Milne 300, Rockefeller College
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University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, NY, 12222, U.S.A. http://www.systemdynamics.org/
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:49:40 +0100
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Subject: First Electronic Session of the Winter PC Meeting
Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties,
Between now and January 16th, we will hold the first electronic session of the Winter Policy Council Meeting. Officer and Committee reports are continuously being posted to the Policy Council Menu on the conference paper submission system at http://www.systemdynamics.org/cgi-bin/sdsweb <http://www.systemdynamics.org/cgi-bin/sdsweb> . Please review the reports and initiate any discussion using the Policy Council Listserve < >.
During the opening session, please restrict questions to clarification only; substantive discussion should be placed in the appropriate thread for the post face-to-face meeting electronic session, or a new discussion item requested for that session. The following items have been proposed for discussion in the post face-to-face meeting electronic discussion. If you have questions or points of clarification about these items, or other items for discussion or announcements, please email the Society Office, and/or post a note to the list serve.
-- Renewed Interest in System Dynamics Institute, rejuvenate the process: Khalid Saeed (face-to-face meeting notes Mar 11 08)
-- Establishment of a Conference Selection Committee: Andreas Grössler (face-to-face meeting notes Mar 11 08)
-- Duties of Officers: Jim Lyneis (face-to-face meeting notes Mar 11 08)
-- Handling of non-attendance voting during the Summer PC Meeting: I would like to raise a discussion about the procedure of voting for those who can't attend the meeting during the conference. For the electronic voting in winter we have a clear procedure and everybody can participate. But as far as I know it is not possible to transfer the vote to - i.e. - pc-member who are at the conference. There are good reasons to do so. But on the other hand I see also a lot of arguments to maybe change this. I am interested what other members and the office thinks about that. Should this procedure be revised? Lars Weber (Dec 6 08 Email)
-- Higher rejection rates at conferences? Higher standards for proceedings than for presentations? Erling Moxnes
-- SDS strategy, agreement on ambitions and organization of the strategy work? Erling Moxnes
- Upgrading the Quality of Models: (agenda item from last year)
- One-pager on what is system dynamics (face-to-face meeting notes Mar 11 08)
-- Biennial international conferences? Perhaps it would encourage regional conferences to happen all over the world every other year (American, European, Australasian, Latin American, etc.). This might present a financial problem to the SDS, since it depends on its annual conference for revenue. Aldo Zagonel (Oct 30 08 email)
- Possibilities for virtual conferences? Erling Moxnes (Jan 6 2009 email)
I look forward to a productive meeting.
Erling
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:12:55 -0300
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Organization: Universidad de Talca
Subject: Re: First Electronic Session of the Winter PC Meeting
In-Reply-To: < >
There have been two questions concerning the international conference: rejection-rate and biennial rhythm. With Stephan Groesser, we had some exchange about this from the standpoint of our involvement in the "peer review meetings", and we'd like to contribute some questions.
The first issue (rejection) seems to address the quality issue. In order to rise quality without bringing down quantity (isn't there a minimum quantity without which the conference would fail to fulfill part of its purposes for the Society?), there may be several ways to enhance quality.
If "quality" is the share of attendees who are satisfied with the sessions they attend, couldn't part of the quality problem be overcome by better allocating contributions? For example, by clearly distinguishing "project-in-progress" (to poster sessions) from other work, but also by having "applied", "methodology" and "theory-building" sessions?
Isn't the underlying question "how can we make conference <users> more satisfied"?
Doesn't this demand to make more explicit the set of different <users> and the <needs> addressed by the conference (ref. Aldo's question about a biennial rythm)?
If <users> and <needs> are clear, then we can postulate different tactcs and assess their likely effects. (For instance, it may be that having a specific role of "discussant" in the sessions rises <user> satisfaction without rejecting more papers.)
We hope that you'll find these questions useful,
Martin Schaffernicht and Stephan Groesser
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:36:38 -0500
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Subject: Re: First Electronic Session of the Winter PC Meeting
In-Reply-To: < >
Thanks to Martin and Stephan for raising the issue of quality standards and the conference rejection rate.
Based on my experience as program chair for two recent conferences (05 and 07), I believe there is good evidence that much higher standards (rejection rates for submitted papers) result in significant improvements in the quality of the conference without significantly hurting attendance, even in the short run. Over the longer term, higher quality will increase attendance overall and particularly among those people we most want to attend -- the folks who are doing the best work, but who have chosen not to attend in the past due to the perception that the quality is poor and that other top people wont' attend either.
The rejection rates in 07 and 05 were the highest we've had since we've kept records, but substantial margins, and attendance in both years was excellent. It is certainly true that 07 was a special year (50th anniversary of the field) and both years the venue was Boston. And it is true that the conferences must not run at a loss. The solution for the attendance/revenue issue, however, is not lower standards. Lower standards is a sure route to long-run insolvency as it will (and I would argue already has) hampered the growth of the field. The solution to the potential problem of short-run drops in attendance following a rise in standards is to run the conferences in major gateway cities in Europe and North America. If the conferences are in readily accessible locations for the majority of society members, and if the quality is raised, we can expect steadily rising participation, increases in participation from new people doing top work in dynamic modeling, and lower attrition and churn of members as well.
Best to all,
John
John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management
Director, MIT System Dynamics Group
MIT Sloan School of Management
30 Wadsworth Street, Room E53-351
Cambridge MA 02142
617.253.1951 (voice)
617.258.7579 (fax)
http://web.mit.edu/jsterman/www
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:42:46 -0500
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Subject: Logistics for the Winter Policy Council Meeting
Dear PC Members and Other Interested Parties:
The Policy Council Meeting is open to all interested parties and you are welcome to attend. If you are NOT a current PC Officer or Member and you do plan to attend the meeting, please send an email to <office@systemdynamics.org> so that we can make arrangements. If you have already RSVP'ed or you are a current 2009 PC Member, there is no need to reply again.
DATE: Saturday January 17, 2009 (snow date January 18, 2009)
START: 11 AM. Morning coffee and lunch will be served (a food court is also available)
MEETING ROOM: Chairman's Room at the Campus Center (building #7 on the map)
PARKING: Higgins House Parking Lot*
WPI Campus Map: http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/wpimap.pdf and http://www.wpi.edu/Images/CMS/WPI/walkingmap.pdf
*Higgins House and the parking lot are located off Salisbury Street (before you get to Park Avenue, and just before the Baptist Church) on the left. There is a small sign, easy to miss, that says Higgins House, John Wing Road. The lot is off to the right hand side of the driveway. The Campus Center is located just behind Higgins House. Go up the stairs leading from the parking lot, cross in front of Higgins House, under the archway to the left and up the stairs--the Campus Center is right there. The Chairman's Room is on the same floor as the food court. Turn left when entering the building - you will be on the food court level.
Driving directions: Please see below or go to: http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/directions.html
From the East
Take Mass. Turnpike (I-90) to Exit 11A (I-495). Proceed north to exit 25B (I-290), then west into Worcester. Take Exit 18 (Lincoln Sq., Rte. 9), turn right at end of ramp, then an immediate right before next traffic light. At next light, proceed straight through, bearing to the right on Salisbury Street.
From the North Take I-495 south to I-290. Follow directions "From the East"
From the South and West Take Mass. Turnpike (I-90) to Exit 10 (Auburn). Proceed east on I-290 into Worcester. Take Exit 17 (Lincoln Sq., Rte. 9), turn left at end of ramp, follow Rte. 9 west through Lincoln Sq., straight onto Highland St., then right onto Boynton Street. At the end of Boynton Street take a left onto Salisbury Street.
Thanks, Erling and Roberta
Roberta L. Spencer office@systemdynamics.org
Executive Director phone (518) 442-3865
SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY fax (518) 442-3398
Milne 300, Rockefeller College
135 Western Avenue
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, NY, 12222, U.S.A. http://www.systemdynamics.org/
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:13:50 -0500
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Subject: Slate of Candidates: Discussion/voting schedule
Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties:
Please find below the PROPOSED motion for the slate of candidates to take office in 2010. The full report is included and also available on the PC Menu site of the web submission system. The Policy Council needs to review and recognize the slate of candidates, and this message is to initiate online discussion, including any non-binding straw polls on the motion. Please reply to the list to discuss this proposed motion.
There is separate (revised) schedule for discussion and voting on the slate of candidates: January 24 - February 6: discussion for 2 weeks February 7 - 13: voting for 1 week
PROPOSED MOTION: The Policy Council is asked to recognize and accept the slate of candidates. The formal final approval is scheduled for the Summer Policy Council meeting in Albuquerque. SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE ON JANUARY 1, 2010: President-Elect: David Lane; VP Meetings: Andreas Groessler (re-appointment); VP At-Large: Joel Rahn (re-appointment); PC 1: Kim Warren; PC 2: Ignacio Martinez-Moyano; PC 3: Martin Schaffernicht; PC 4: Laura Black PROPOSED BY: Jim Lyneis, Seconded by: (needed)
REPORT: PROPOSED SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE JANUARY 1, 2010
The Nominating Committee is pleased to nominate the following slate of candidates for Officers and Policy Council members to take office January 1, 2010:
PRESIDENT-ELECT: David Lane
VP MEETINGS: Andreas Groessler (re-appointment)
VP AT-LARGE: Joel Rahn (re-appointment)
PC 1: Kim Warren
PC 2: Ignacio Martinez-Moyano
PC 3: Martin Schaffernicht
PC 4: Laura Black
The committee received expressions of interest in being a member of the Policy Council from more than 35 members of the Society. We had extensive discussions of the candidates, and believe that the slate we have nominated represents a well qualified and diverse set of candidates. Bios for the candidates are given below, along with an indication of the diversity of the Policy Council.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES:
Given below is a summary of the characteristics of the 2009 and 2010 Policy Council and Officers along a number of diversity dimensions: location, profession, training, age, and gender. Location is a bit difficult because several members were born/raised/trained in one region but now work in a different region. In these cases, a balancing was attempted (e.g., placing one person from say Latin America now working in the US in the LA category, and another in the NA category). Age distribution is an estimate.
As you can see, with the exception of an increase in representation from Europe and Latin America (at the expense of all other regions), and an increase in non-MIT-trained members, the diversity of the Council with the proposed slate has remained relatively unchanged from 2009. We believe that this reflects a reasonable balance.
Policy Council/Officer Mix |
2010% |
2009% |
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Location |
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NA |
36% |
40% |
|
Europe |
40% |
32% |
|
Asia/Pacific |
8% |
16% |
|
LA |
12% |
4% |
|
Africa |
4% |
8% |
Profession |
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|
|
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Academic |
76% |
72% |
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Consultant |
12% |
12% |
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Industry |
8% |
8% |
|
Student |
4% |
8% |
Training |
|
|
|
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MIT |
24% |
32% |
|
Non-MIT |
76% |
68% |
Age (estimate) |
|
|
|
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<30 |
8% |
8% |
|
30 - 50 |
52% |
52% |
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>50 |
40% |
40% |
Gender |
|
|
|
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M |
76% |
76% |
|
F |
24% |
24% |
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES:
(to be updated) DAVID LANE was educated at Bristol and Oxford universities. He is Reader in Management Science at LSE. He won the 2007 Jay W Forrester Award (along with Elke Husemann).
ANDREAS GROESSLER is Associate Professor at the Methodology Department, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. His research interests lie in the area of strategic operations management, individual and organisational decision making, and the effectiveness of organisational interventions. He was Program Chair of the 2006 international conference of the System Dynamics Society and was elected Vice President Meetings of the Society in 2007. Dr. Groessler has conducted various industry projects applying system dynamics, in particular in the software and airline industries.
JOEL RAHN is retired since 2003 from a professorship in the Department of Operations and Decision Systems in the Faculty of Administration at Laval University. Born in Canada, he did a B.Sc. and M.Sc. at University of Toronto and completed a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at MIT in 1972. He did two years post-doctoral work in the Natural Resources Research Group at Dartmouth under the direction of Dennis Meadows and Dana Meadows before joining the faculty at Laval. His main interests are in methodology development, classical and alternative. He is currently Chairman of the Dana Meadows Award Committee and member of the Strategy Development Committee.
KIM WARREN has been with London Business School since 1990, and is now Teaching Fellow in Strategic Management. He is also founder of GSD Ltd and SDS Ltd, providers of strategy learning materials and services. Kim has an engineering background, an MBA and PhD from London Business School. His early career was spent in the oil and petrochemicals industry. He was later retail strategy director for the retailing group, Whitbread PLC, during the group's growth and domination of several leisure sectors. Kim won the 2005 Jay W. Forrester Award for his book 'Competitive Strategy Dynamics' Wiley: July 2002 and recently launched a major strategy textbook 'Strategic Management Dynamics'. Although largely adopted in business schools, this latest books in particular is invaluable to consultants and executives with an active involvement in strategy. He has also developed with colleagues an extensive suite of simulation-based learning materials and strategy mapping software that provide a clear understanding of this rigorous, fact-based approach to developing and managing Strategy through time. His Strategy Dynamics course has long been a popular option amongst degree students at LBS, and is also delivered via distance learning from Worcester Polytechnic. Elements of this course have been adopted by many other international Business Schools.
IGNACIO MARTINEZ-MOYANO received his PhD from the U at Albany, and is currently a member of the technical staff at Argonne National Laboratory.
MARTIN SCHAFFERNICHT is Assistant professor, College of Business Administration of the University of Talca, Chile. He has the degrees "Diplom-Volkswirt" (Degree in Economics), Freiburg (Germany), 1990 and PhD in "Sciences de Gestion" (Management science), Montpellier II (France), 2002. Martin is Assistant VP for Chapters and President of the Latin American Chapter (2006-). He has also been active in the conference peer review process.
(to be provided) LAURA BLACK
Respectfully Submitted by the Nominating Committee:
Qifan Wang (Chair)
Yaman Barlas
Deborah Campbell
Jim Lyneis
Erling Moxnes
Ozge Pala
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:08:30 +0100
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From: Erling Moxnes < >
Subject: Second Electronic Meeting Opening
Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties,
The minutes for the policy council face-to-face meeting have been posted on the Conference Web Submission System, Policy Council Menu, in the section with the other reports. Secretary Brad Morrison is the author.
Based on the face-to-face meeting and other inputs, a series of motions and other discussions will now be initiated. Motions will be made on the Policy Council menu of the Conference Web Submission System. Members who wish to bring a motion for consideration should post a proposed motion to the listserv for discussion and refinement from now until February 6. At the conclusion of this discussion period, motions are then posted for electronic voting.
The schedule is the following:
January 24 - February 6: Online discussion of proposed motions, including any non-binding straw polls on motions.
February 7 - 20: Formal posting of (revised) motions and final discussion and voting. (Once a motion is formally in the system, there is one week of discussion and one week of voting.)
February 21: Formal end of meeting.
Please let me know if you have any comments or questions.
Best regards,
Erling
Erling Moxnes
Professor, System Dynamics Group
Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Bergen
http://www.ifi.uib.no/sd/
Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties,
Proposed motions uploaded to the Policy Council Menu to date include:
#100: Minutes Approval
#101: 2009 Budget Adjustment
#102: Composition of Community Service Awards Committee
#103: Slate of Candidates to take office on January 1, 2010
#104: Electronic voting also for the summer meeting
Face-to-face meeting minutes have been posted (look for "Morrison, Brad")
The schedule is the following:
January 24 - February 6: Online discussion of proposed motions, including any non-binding straw polls on motions.
February 7 - 20: Formal posting of (revised) motions and final discussion and voting. (Once a motion is formally in the system, there is one week of discussion and one week of voting.)
If you have any problems logging into the web submission system, please contact the Society office. Thanks.
Best regards, Erling
Erling Moxnes
Professor, System Dynamics Group
Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Bergen
http://www.ifi.uib.no/sd/ https://kalender.uib.no/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ifi.uib.no/sd/
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:18:02 -0500
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Subject: Conference Program Chair and Organization Motions
Hi Everyone,
Based on discussion during the face to face meting I have made two new motions. One is to change the procedure for selecting the Program Chair for each conference and the second is to adopt revised conference organization guidelines.Discussion on both of these is welcome. If there are suggestions for cleaning up the proposed guidelines please let me know. If there are simple changes that would improve clarity you can email me directly. Substantive discussion should be directed to this list.
Bob Eberlien
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:16:39 -0500
From: System Dynamics Society < >
Subject: Voting on motions opens: Saturday Feb 7
Dear Policy Council Members: Motions to be voted on for this meeting are
listed below. Voting opens on February 7, 2009.
- 100: Minutes Approval
- 101: 2009 Budget Adjustment
- 102: Composition of Community Service Awards Committee
- 103: Slate of Candidates to take office on January 1, 2010
- 104: Electronic voting also for the summer meeting
- 105: Conference Program Chair Appointments
- 106: Adopt new Conference Organization Guidelines
- 107: Approve proposal: S D Society Outstanding Service Award
TO VOTE ON THESE MOTIONS:
1.. http://www.systemdynamics.org/cgi-bin/sdsweb
2.. Click on the button "Policy Council Menu"
3.. Find motion and click on "details"
ONLY CURRENT OFFICERS AND POLICY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN VOTE:
President: Erling Moxnes (2009)
President Elect: Rogelio Oliva (2009)
Past President: James M. Lyneis (2009)
Founding President: Jay W. Forrester
Secretary: J. Bradley Morrison (2009 - 2010)
Vice President At Large: Joel Rahn (2007-2009)
Vice President Chapter Activities: Tim Haslett (2008-2010)
Vice President Electronic Presence: Robert L. Eberlein (2009-2011)
Vice President Finance: David F. Andersen (2008-2010)
Vice President Meetings: Andreas Groessler (2007-2009)
Vice President Member Services: Krystyna Stave (2009-2011)
Vice President Publications: Deborah Lines Andersen (2009-2011)
System Dynamics Review Executive Editor: Brian C. Dangerfield
Policy Council (2007-2009): Renan Jia, Ozge Pala, Warren Tignor, Khaled
Wahba
Policy Council (2008-2010): Enzo Bivona, Burak Guneralp, Imrana Umar, Lars
Weber
Policy Council (2009-2011): Susan Howick, Birgit Kopainsky, Agata Sawicka,
Aldo Zagonel
Roberta L. Spencer office@systemdynamics.org
Executive Director phone (518) 442-3865
SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY fax (518) 442-3398
Milne 300, Rockefeller College
135 Western Avenue
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, NY, 12222, U.S.A. http://www.systemdynamics.org/
MOTION 103
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:32:46 -0500
From: System Dynamics Society < >
Subject: Results of voting: Motion 103
Motion 103:
Subject: Slate of Candidates to take office on January 1, 2010
Proposed by: Lyneis, James, Seconded by: Moxnes, Erling
Formal Motion: The Policy Council is asked to recognize and accept the slate of candidates. The formal final approval is scheduled for the Summer Policy Council meeting in Albuquerque. SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE ON JANUARY 1, 2010: President-Elect: David Lane; VP Meetings: Andreas Groessler (re-appointment); VP At-Large: Joel Rahn (re-appointment); PC 1: Kim Warren; PC 2: Ignacio Martinez-Moyano; PC 3: Martin Schaffernicht; PC 4: Laura Black
YES: 17
NO: 0
ABSTAIN: 1
NO VOTE PLACED: 7
For this motion only: Voting open date: 2009.02.07 Voting close date: 2009.02.13
All other motions the voting closing date is 2009.02.20.
Roberta L. Spencer office@systemdynamics.org
Executive Director phone (518) 442-3865
SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY fax (518) 442-3398
Milne 300, Rockefeller College
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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:47:24 -0000
From: David Lane < >
Subject: Re: Results of voting: Motion 103
Welcome news. Thank you, Roberta!
David
D. C. Lane BSc MSc DPhil FORS
Reader in Management Science
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, LONDON WC2 2AE, Britain
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e-mail:
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:50:12 -0000
From: David Lane < >
Subject: Re: Results of voting: Motion 103
Qifan,
Thank you for this kind message and the good news that it contains. I am very much looking forward to working with my Policy Council colleagues.
David
D. C. Lane BSc MSc DPhil FORS
Reader in Management Science & Academic Governor
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, LONDON WC2 2AE, Britain
MOTION 104 Electronic voting also for the summer meeting:
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:37:04 -0500
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From: James Lyneis < >
Subject: Motion 104 Discussion
Dear Policy Council Members and Interested Parties,
In his email to the PC on 21 January 2009 and his motion 104, Lars Weber puts forth a motion that the Summer Policy Council (PC) meeting be held using the same format as we currently use for the Winter PC meeting. At the face-to-face meeting on January 17th (see posted minutes), we did discuss the handling of non-attendee voting at the Summer PC meeting, but no consensus to change voting procedures emerged. We noted that the primary duty of PC members is attendance at and participation in the PC meetings (and that we should make this requirement more explicit in the nominating process). We also agreed that advance posting of the agenda and discussion of issues in advance of the Summer meeting was a good idea, and that we would try to do that.
I would also note that our experience with electronic meetings has not been good. There has been little if any discussion during the electronic meetings, and voting has been well below 100%. Further, if we delay voting until after the Summer PC meeting I fear that closure will drag out because of the typical holiday/vacation season in August in the Northern hemisphere.
James M Lyneis
PO Box 121
Weston, VT 05161
(802) 824-4219
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:17:37 -0700
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From: "Zagonel, Aldo A" < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
In-Reply-To: <006b01c982f0$9a6ff440$ >
I would like to propose an alternative to Motion 104:
That we webcast and allow remote access, including voting, to the summer PC meeting in Albuquerque. If the experience is fruitful and not too cumbersome or costly, we would continue it, at least for the summer meetings.
Does anyone have experience and could help clarify how much effort would have to be placed to make this work (in terms of equipment and expertise), and how much money this would cost? As organizing chair, I volunteer to try and obtain these resources for the Albuquerque conference, so long as someone helps me with the specifications and road map.
Aldo Zagonel
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:08:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
In-Reply-To: <006b01c982f0$9a6ff440$ >
From David Andersen:
At the January 17 meeting I was NOT in favor of making the summer meeting have an electronic component and being more like the winter meeting. We normally have good attendance at the summer meeting and we would loose a lot if we could not come to closure at that meeting. Sure, do a better job of getting stuff out in advance. Discuss stuff in advance. But we should not disable the ability of the Policy Council to make face-to-face decisions when most of the members are present and paying attention.
David Andersen
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:40:51 -0500
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From: Bob Eberlein < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
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I want to strongly endorse David's statement on this issue. We need to be able to meet and vote face to face during the summer meeting. One of the expectations of Officer's and PC Members is that they will attend these meetings. I do, however, think that discussions, such as this, prior to the summer PC meeting should be encouraged. People, whether voting members or not, can express their views via this email list. This applies even to people who will be at the meeting, since there is only limited floor time during the face to face meeting anyway.
Bob Eberlein
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:17:50 -0600
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From: Rogelio Oliva < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
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I too want endorse David's statement.
Rogelio
Rogelio Oliva
Associate Professor
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Texas A&M University | College Station, TX 77843-4217
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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:28:16 +0100
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From: Erling Moxnes < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
From Erling
I agree with the previous comments. I just want to add that those PC-members than cannot meet at the summer meeting for some reason, do have a chance to influence other members before the meeting. Usually motions are not accepted or rejected with only one vote's margin. Also at the meeting, majorities are secured by arguments.
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:55:54 +0200
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Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
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I too want to endorse David, Bob and others who expressed that the summer meeting should NOT be entirely online. May I propose a small modification, sort of a two-stage meeting: 1- We carry on an electronic meeting, some reporting, discussion, and even some voting of routine, less important items prior to the summer meeeting, 2- Then we (always) hold the face to face summer meeting in which we would have ENOUGH time to discuss more important item and come to meaningful resolutions and voting. best to all (from a rainy Saturday morning in Istanbul)
Yaman Barlas
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:39:03 +0100
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From: Lars Weber < >
Organization: BTU Cottbus LS VWL Makroökonomik
Subject: AW: Motion 104 Discussion
In-Reply-To: <006b01c982f0$9a6ff440$ >
Dear PC-Member and interested parties,
first of all, thank you Jim for your reply. Its as far as I see it was the first answer on that issue. You made your point very clear that switching to a procedure like the e-voting would not be the best solution. Your argument "little response on discussions" could I noticed on this topic. So you are absolutely right with that point. Also I would like to add, that the aim of this motion is not to persuade everyone that the e-voting would be best suitable practice for voting. I just would like to encourage everybody to give a statement about this.
Clear voting procedures may not be an urgent issue, but I see there a big importance in it. But also I don't want to create more redtapism. Jim, you pointed out that attendance and participation should be more mentioned for new pc-candidates - and that exactly the point. The main question for me is: What is the best procedure for us to get every policy member involved in the decision process? There are a lot of restrictions with pros and cons and we all together have to find a suitable solution. And I personally think that the current procedure is it not:
1. Every decision/voting process where the pc is involved should follow the same rules - currently the procedure for summer and winter meeting is different
2. Is attendance compulsory or not? - at the winter meeting only a small group is able to meet and this depends also on the pc-members living point, funding etc. This leads to different decision levels.
As I see it, the winter e-voting was implemented as not every pc-member could make it to the meeting. The "optimization problem" for me is: How to achieve transparent, equal decision making under the restriction of participation possibility of the pc-members? There are a lot of ways to do so - compulsory attendance might be one, but in this case it should be so for both meetings. To make myself clear - I am not against face-to-face meetings I absolutely favor this and Davids argument for a the summer-meeting. Face-to-face is the best way to talk things out and bonds the member. But what if we not could achieve this? - Aldos suggestion about webcasting is absolutely worth to think about.
Just one thing more. We recently changed our due structure to encourage more people to join us independently from their income. If we would decide to have two face-to-face meetings every person should be able to attend this and I think there are members from countries where the economic situation might be an hurdle to attend the meetings. How we can keep than our diversity and equality? Thanks to everybody who shares their thoughts with us on this lists. I am looking forward to find a solution that helps the society and us.
All the very best from Cottbus
Lars
PS: Please excuse if I did not find the proper words or made myself not clear enough, but in German or face-to-face it would be much easier for me.
Dipl.-Kfm. Lars Weber
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
BTU Cottbus
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 02:04:35 +0800
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Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion Aldo‘s webcast
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Hi Aldo,Bob, and everyone,
Aldo asked about the cost of a remote video conference. I happen to have the experience. There is a Chinese company (http://www.seegle.com/) which provides online video conference service. The cost is 60RMB(about 9 USD) per person per month unlimited access. But you need to buy the service at least for 6 months. About equipments, you need only to have a PC, a webcam connecting to it and ADSL(512k is OK). You download software from the website, installation is easy. Then you log in. I was told that service can support up to 1000 PC. My daughter and her classmates, in Shanghai, have a English teacher teaching online. They can see, talk and write to each other among all participants, there is also a white board which everyone can write or draw on. The quality of the pictures and sound are good. Every participant can record the whole conference on his/her pc. The company said that there would be very little delay if the video conference attendants locate in different continents. One disadvantage might be that the website and software is in Chinese. If you think that it might be worth to have a try, I could contact the company and ask for a free try.
Best regards
Edward B.Wu
China Chapter
20090201
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 20:30:05 -0500
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From: Bob Eberlein < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion Aldo‘s webcast
In-Reply-To: < >
I wanted to reply on the notion of webcasting. We actually attempted this some years ago for a Winter meeting. The meeting was held in a studio with video streaming so that others could participate remotely. It was not successful. Video conferencing can work well when everyone is doing it, but with the main group meeting in person it is disruptive unless you have really fancy equipment (basically each remote participant present via a good sized video monitor).
I would be open to the idea of holding a video conference during the winter meeting (though I am not sure others would concur). But for the summer meeting it really does not make sense to me. I am all for more discussion ahead of the meeting as Yaman suggests. I am not in favor of electronic voting as a vote takes 3 weeks which makes it hard to get done before the in person meeting.
Bob Eberlein
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:27:36 -0000
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From: Kim Warren < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion Aldo‘s webcast
In-Reply-To: A< >
Another option is GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar ¨C both are cheap, easy to use, and allow full recording of proceedings. I have used both and experienced no problems with either service [other than any that are user-generated!].
Kim
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:22:13 -0000
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From: Kim Warren < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
In-Reply-To: A<304212B6C63241918813E282BF387670@WeberIBM>
Apologies for complicating things further ... as a newbie and only as yet nominee to the PC this may be way off target ...
In this age where remote-working is entirely normal, and efforts to reduce carbon foot-prints the responsible thing to do, a decision-process that relies solely on face-to-face meetings for all decisions seems laborious and inappropriate - why does every decision have to wait for up to 6 months before it can be taken? Would it work to [a] reserve 'big' policy decisions for the Annual meeting and [b] adopt a continuous, on-line decision process for other items, in which any policy proposal can be submitted at any time, for on-line debate and voting, say, 1 month after submission? Just not sure where the dividing line between 'big' decisions and others would be drawn.
Kim
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:05:48 +0100
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From: Erling Moxnes < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
In-Reply-To: A< >
A comment to Yaman and Kim.
Even with ideal technology, there is a practical problem with more frequent meetings and with a discussion before the summer meeting. Participants must organize their time to fit to deadlines and meeting times - often by disrupting other activities. In particular, just before the summer meeting many of us are on vacation and do not want to be disrupted by deadlines and obligations. Still those PC members that can not meet at the summer conference, can get their points across by contacting members of the PC (or others that are allowed to meet and speak in the PC meeting) and ask them to present the arguments.
I see very little problems with the system as it is. Perhaps we could even simplify the winter PC voting a bit by having all the discussions end at the same time, and all the voting going on an ensuing time interval. That would replace several deadlines with only two common ones, which are easier to relate to.
Erling
Erling Moxnes
Professor, System Dynamics Group
Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Bergen
http://www.ifi.uib.no/sd/
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:58:20 -0500
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From: Jim Thompson < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
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My experience is that newbies jump into the Council pool and are expected to swim proficiently. It would help if we had a tradition of mentoring or a buddy system.
So, although it may be slightly off topic, I’d like us to consider assigning a mid-term Council member to each new Council member to help the first-year transition. The mentor would be asked to brief the mentee (is that a word?) on issues under consideration and to emphasize expectations, such as personal attendance at the annual meeting. Then, as issues come before the Council, there would be someone with whom to discuss their content and an increased likelihood that various perspectives would be presented to the Council. In conjunction with that suggestion, we might consider holding Council votes in person and online within, say, 24 hours of the initial vote so as to permit voting in absentia. If this is too far from the mark for the issue under consideration, perhaps it could be a topic for later consideration.
JT
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 09:52:31 +0100
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From: Erling Moxnes < >
Subject: Re: Motion 104 Discussion
In-Reply-To: A<706F7FF74FDE4155A15E70813577D628@DGXD1Y41>
Comment to Jim,
I agree with part of Jim's suggestion, the need for rookies to get an introduction to the PC and its working. One simple way to do this is to have one of the seniors give a short lecture about and answer questions about the PC and its working, at the summer conference and before the PC meeting, perhaps just before the get-together saturday evening. Topics such as what is and what requires a motions, seconding, etc. could be covered.
Erling
Erling Moxnes
Professor, System Dynamics Group
Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Bergen
http://www.ifi.uib.no/sd/
105: Conference Program Chair Appointments
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 08:33:59 -0600
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From: Rogelio Oliva < >
Subject: Motion 105 Conference Program Chair Appointments
Hello,
I thank Bob Eberlein for a terrific document outlining the Conference Organization Guidelines. I believe it captures, and attempts to institutionalize, the most successful mechanisms that we've used in the past for successful conferences.
I really like the idea of the Program Oversight Committee (POC) and the idea that this committee should propose a Program Chair. What is not clear to me is why the final appointment of the Program Chair has to be done by the Policy Council (Line 1, Paragraph 3, of Conference Organization Guidelines). It seems to be adding an extra layer of complexity. Why can't the appointment be fully delegated to the POC? I'm guessing that it might have something to do with our governance rules and procedures, but decided to check and ask for clarification for the rationale behind this extra step.
Thanks,
Rogelio
Rogelio Oliva
Associate Professor
Mays Business School | Wehner 301F
Texas A&M University | College Station, TX 77843-4217
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:56:54 -0500
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From: Bob Eberlein < >
Subject: Re: Motion 105 Conference Program Chair Appointments
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Hi Rogelio,
The reason for approval by the PC is that selecting the Program Chair is a big deal. It is similar to the selection of a conference site and nomination of future officers. Both of which require PC approval.
Bob Eberlein
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:28:07 -0700
From: "Zagonel, Aldo A" < >
Subject: Re: Motion 105 Conference Program Chair Appointments
In-Reply-To: < >
I agree with Bob Eberlein that the POC should submit their decision to the approval of the PC. Also, I suggest we put an emphasis in the guidelines that the POC should consult with the local conference organizing team to nominate a program chair that will work closely with the local hosts/organizers.
I imagine that the intent of this policy change is to that the program chair is reputable and reliable by SDS standards, and at the same time, responsive to the organizing committee goals and objectives. However, this has not been explicitly stated in the guidelines, and it would be helpful if it were.
Requiring the approval of the PC makes sense for the reason indicated by Bob, and also because it gives an opportunity for appeal if the decision made by the POC does not meet the approval of the local conference organizing team.
Aldo
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:26:21 +0100
From: Erling Moxnes < >
Subject: Re: Motion 105 Conference Program Chair Appointments
It seems best that the program chair and the thread chairs are suggested by the POC and are approved by the PC. They are responsible for the program as representatives for the society. In addition, it seems a good idea to have a local (vice) program chair that can bring in interesting speakers from the area where the conference is held, suggest special themes that are well suited for area institutions, universities etc. The local program chair should work in close cooperation with the society program chair. This could be a useful division of work to do even when the society chair comes from the area where the conference is held.
Erling
Erling Moxnes
Professor, System Dynamics Group
Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Bergen
http://www.ifi.uib.no/sd/
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:11:58 -0700
From: "Zagonel, Aldo A" < >
Subject: Re: Motion 105 Conference Program Chair Appointments
In-Reply-To: < >
There is an issue of timing related with creating new threads or appointing new thread chairs. In our experience (Albuquerque), this was done between September and December of 2008, in other words, in between PC meetings. If we had to wait until the Winter PC meeting (January-February 2009) to be able to create the threads and appoint the chairs, we wouldn't be prepared by January 2nd, 2009, which was the date that the submission system opened.
While I agree that the choice of a program chair should be voted on by the policy council, I believe that program chair should have discretion in creating new threads (permanent or temporary), and appointing new thread chairs. The reason for this is two-fold: 1) the program chairs should be able to give shape to the conference program without being hampered by a committee or council, 2) the thread chairs are helpers to the program chair and should, therefore, serve at her/his discretion.
In practice, I believe that program chairs chosen by the POC, and voted upon by the PC, would likely consult informally before making significant changes to the list of program threads or thread chairs.
Aldo
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:34:46 -0500
From: Bob Eberlein < >
Subject: Re: Motion 105 Conference Program Chair Appointments
In-Reply-To: < >
Just a couple comments on this.
The Program Chair is appointed a one or two years in advance or a conference, so a PC vote there does not slow things down. The thread chairs, on the other hand, can change much nearer the conference. For example at the end of last year some new threads were added for 2009. Thus a PC vote on thread chairs (or even threads) seems a little bit cumbersome. Also, while I support the idea of a local flavor influencing the program, I don't think we should mandate how the Program Chair chooses to do this. For the central office to function efficiently there needs to be 1 point of contact on the program, and that is the Program Chair. The Program Chair can coordinate with the conference organizer by explicitly including people on the Program Committee, or just talking to them about appropriate local flavor.
Bob Eberlein
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:34:10 +0100
From: Erling Moxnes < >
Subject: Re: Motion 105 Conference Program Chair Appointments
In-Reply-To: A< >
I agree with Aldo and Bob regarding the thread chairs (a slip of the fingers on my part). Bob's comment on the local (vice) program chair also makes sense. Perhaps it should be said explicitly, with tighter society control over the program chair, that the program chair should work with the local organizing committee to adapt the program to local conditions.
Erling
Erling Moxnes
Professor, System Dynamics Group
Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Bergen
http://www.ifi.uib.no/sd/
Motion 106 Adopt new Conference Organization Guidelines
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 08:48:55 -0600
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From: Rogelio Oliva < >
Subject: Motion 106 Adopt new Conference Organization Guidelines
Hello,
I noticed that the Conference Organization Guidelines (COG) proposed by Bob Eberlein only refers in passing, and indirectly, that the Conference Oversight Committee will appoint the Thread Chairs (Subsection Thread Chairs, paragraph 2, line 3). In my mind the Thread Chairs is one of the critical roles in the development of the conference program and I believe that Program Chairs will benefit from the expertise of the Conference Program Oversight Committee in the selection of thread Chairs.
If possible, I would like us to consider adding some text to the COG so that it is explicitly stated that the selection of the thread chairs is the responsibility of the Conference Program Oversight Committee. This will also facilitate the assurance of continuity across conferences.
Also, Bob's document needs to be revised to remove couple inconsistencies:
1. The Program Oversight Committee is at times calles the Society Program Oversight Committee (page 1) and the at times in the Conference Program Oversight Committee (page 2).
2. Is the document title the Conference Organization Guidelines (as the title suggests) or is this a document more specific to the Conference Program Guidelines (as suggested by the page footers).
Thanks,
Rogelio
Rogelio Oliva
Associate Professor
Mays Business School | Wehner 301F
Texas A&M University | College Station, TX 77843-4217
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:01:17 -0000
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From: David Lane < >
Subject: Re: Motion 106 Adopt new Conference Organization Guidelines
In-Reply-To: A< >
I would like to support the idea that "it is explicitly stated that the selection of the thread chairs is the responsibility of the Conference Program Oversight Committee"
David
D. C. Lane BSc MSc DPhil FORS
Reader in Management Science
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, LONDON WC2 2AE, Britain
Tel: (UK)(0)20 - 7955 - 7336 Fax:(UK)(0)20 - 7955 - 6885
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Motion 107 SD Society Outstanding Service Award
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:38:29 -0500
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From: James Lyneis < >
Subject: Motion 107 SD Society Outstanding Service Award
Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties,
The Society's Awards Committee has recommended the formalization of the Society Outstanding Service Award. Motion 107 asks the Policy Council to approve this recommendation. As noted in the supporting materials, this award has been given twice in the past for outstanding service; the current motion formalizes the award,
Please review the motion, background, and discuss.
Thank you.
Jim
James M Lyneis
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(802) 824-4219
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 10:02:10 -0500
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From: John Sterman < >
Subject: Re: Motion 107 SD Society Outstanding Service Award
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Hi Jim,
I'd support the creation of such an award provided it is also specified in the charter that it is to be given only as appropriate, and not every year. We've only given such an award twice in the past (out of >25 years of Society existence). While there are many people who contribute selflessly to the Society, such an award should be given infrequently, not every year, so that it remains a signal honor.
Thanks
John
John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management
Director, MIT System Dynamics Group
MIT Sloan School of Management
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Cambridge MA 02142
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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:26:36 +0100
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From: Erling Moxnes < >
Subject: Re: Motion 107 SD Society Outstanding Service Award
In-Reply-To: A< >
I agree with John, and this was also the intention. However, the text may be changed to make this point clearer.
Erling
Erling Moxnes
Professor, System Dynamics Group
Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Bergen
http://www.ifi.uib.no/sd/
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:19:05 -0500
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From: James Lyneis < >
Subject: Re: Motion 107 SD Society Outstanding Service Award
Thanks John. That is definitely the intent. Jim
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