2011 Winter Meeting of the Policy Council
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January 2011

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Policy Council: Voting open on Motion #100
System Dynamics Society
Mon, 3 Jan 2011 12:08:13 -0500

Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties:   Electronic voting on motion #100 will be conducted via the Policy Council Menu. Please vote YES, NO or ABSTAIN. Voting opens today for this motion.  

#100: New Constitution of the Brazilian Chapter, motion by Martin Schaffernicht, seconded by Aldo Zagonel. See below for full motion.   TO VOTE ON THIS MOTION: 1.. http://www.systemdynamics.org/cgi-bin/sdsweb 2.. Click on the button "Policy Council Menu" 3.. Find motion and click on "details"   NOTES: You can change your vote until the closing vote day. All votes are shown. All dates are midnight Albany time. Any further discussion of the motion should be done using the Policy Council Mailing List.   CURRENT OFFICERS AND POLICY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE: President: David Lane (2011) President Elect: David Ford (2011) Past President: Rogelio Oliva (2011) Founding President: Jay W. Forrester Secretary: J. Bradley Morrison (2011 - 2012) Vice President Chapter Activities: Martin Schaffernicht (2010-2011) Vice President Electronic Presence: Robert L. Eberlein (2009-2011) Vice President Finance: David F. Andersen (2011-2013) Vice President Meetings: Andreas Groessler (2010-2012) Vice President Member Services: Etinne A.J.A. Rouwette (2010-2011) Vice President Publications: George P. Richardson (2010-2011) System Dynamics Review Executive Editor: Brian C. Dangerfield Policy Council (2009-2011): Susan Howick, Birgit Kopainsky, Agata Sawicka, Aldo Zagonel Policy Council (2010-2012): Laura Black, Ignacio Martnez-Moyano, Martin Schaffernicht, Kim Warren Policy Council (2011-2013): Allyson Beall, Peter Hovmand, Len Malczynski, Markus Schwaninger   ---------------------------------------------------------

FULL MOTION Motion by Schaffernicht, Martin, seconded by Aldo Zagonel. I move that the new constitution of the Brazilian Chapter be approved. The chapter has re-organized after years of difficulties and a group of 33 members supports a new constitution, which complies to the Society's rules and would legitimize the chapter's interim policy council (President: Niraldo Jose do Nascimento, Liaison: Ricardo Matos Chaim and Secretary: Isaias Custodio) until their next annual meeting. Report, cover letter, constitution and list of members are posted. Notes on Supporting Material: A brief report and the cover letter, proposed constitution and list of members have been posted as "Submission# 1001"   For full information, please see the section "Reports Posted for this Meeting" by Schaffernicht, Martin "Motion to approve the new chapter constitution of the Brazilian Chapter."   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/

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Agenda and Schedule for 2011 Winter Policy Council Meeting
 System Dynamics Society<
Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:01:54 -0500

Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties,   The Agenda and Schedule for 2011 Winter Policy Council Meeting (Electronic and Face-to-Face sessions) document has been uploaded to the PC Menu site. (Under "Reports Posted. . ." please look for "Lane, David Agenda and Schedule for 2011 Winter Policy Council Meeting" and click on Report.)
Between now and February 13th, we will hold the first electronic session of the Winter Policy Council Meeting. Many of the Officer and Committee reports have been posted to the conference paper submission system at http://www.systemdynamics.org/cgi-bin/sdsweb, and will continue to come in. Please review the reports and initiate any discussion using the Policy Council Listserv During the opening session, please restrict questions and discussion 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. If you have other items for discussion or announcements, please email the Society Office, and/or post a note to the list serve. I look forward to a productive meeting. Sincerely, David C. Lane, President 2011

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Slate of Candidates: Discussion/voting schedule
 Erling Moxnes
Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:26:17 +0100

Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties: Please find below the PROPOSED motion for the slate of candidates to take office in 2012. The full report is included below and also available on the PC Menu site of the web submission system.
The Policy Council will need 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 a separate schedule for discussion and voting on the slate of candidates: January 8 - 28, 2011: discussion for 3 weeks January 29 - February 4 2011: voting for 1 week.
PROPOSED MOTION: The Policy Council is asked to recognize and accept the SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE ON JANUARY 1, 2012: President-Elect: Kim Warren; VP Electronic Presence: Bob Eberlein (re-appointment); VP Member Services: Etienne Rouwette (re-appointment); VP Publications: George P. Richardson (re-appointment); PC 1: Rod MacDonald, PC 2: Silvia Ulli-Beer, PC 3: Lees Stuntz, PC 4: Nicole Zimmermann, PC 5: Burcu Tan. (The final approval is scheduled for the Summer Policy Council meeting in Washington, DC.) PROPOSED BY: Erling Moxnes, Seconded by: (Needs a second) REPORT: PROPOSED SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE JANUARY 1, 2012 The Nominating Committee is pleased to nominate the following slate of candidates for Officers and Policy Council members to take office January 1, 2012. President-Elect: Kim Warren VP Electronic Presence: Bob Eberlein (re-appointment 2012-2014) VP Member Services: Etienne Rouwette (re-appointment 2012-2014) VP Publications: George P. Richardson (re-appointment 2012-2014) We also note/suggest that PC member Martin Schaffernicht will continue as VP Chapters (2012 -2013) and requires a replacement in the PC. Hence we list five candidates for the PC, where we suggest that that the fifth on the list replaces Martin. PC 1: MacDonald, Rod PC 2: Ulli-Beer, Silvia PC 3: Stuntz, Lees PC 4: Zimmermann, Nicole PC 5: Tan, Burcu The committee received an expression of interest in being a member of the Policy Council from 1 member of the Society along with the candidates we had from 2009. After discussions and Borda Count voting we believe that the slate we have nominated represents a well qualified and diverse set of candidates. Bios for the new candidates are given below, along with an indication of the diversity of the Policy Council. BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES: Kim Warren, PhD London Business School, Teaching Fellow London Business School, Chairman Strategy Dynamics Ltd, and current member of the PC council. He bridges the gap between academia and consulting. Kim has received the Jay W. Forrester Award and has written a number of articles and books about management and dynamics. He has showed willingness to put in effort for the Society, in particular he made a great effort working on strategy for the Society. In this work he stressed the importance of implementing initiatives to stimulate quality of SD work and to make SD better known. Rod MacDonald. PhD from Albany. Very active supporter of the operations in the home office and involved in research projects with the Albany group. Silvia Ulli-Beer, Dr. in economics, working at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Thread chair for energy for the SD conference. Lees Stuntz, Executive Director for the Creative Learning Exchange. Her perspectives on networking and education should be valuable for the PC. Nicole Zimmermann, PhD Mannheim, visited Albany and authored various articles, has worked on a number of Society activities. Burcu Tan, professor at Tulane, PhD University of Texas, degree from Bosporus University, published in the SDR as well as a regular presenter at ISDC. She has been instrumental in organizing the SD Winter Camp with Ed Anderson for the past two iterations. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES: Given below is a summary of the characteristics of the 2011 and proposed 2012 Policy Council and Officers along a number of diversity dimensions: location, profession, training, and gender. Location and profession are a bit difficult because several members were born/raised/trained in one region but now work in a different region and some members are both academics and consultants. As you can see, with the exception of a reduction in LA and Asia/Pacific representation, the diversity of the Council with the proposed slate has remained relatively unchanged from 2011. We believe that this reflects a reasonable balance considering the membership of the Society. Policy Council/Officer Representation: 2012 2011 Location NA 63% 48% Europe 33% 36% Asia/Pacific 0% 4% LA 4% 12% Africa 0% 0% Profession Academic 80% 76% Consultant 8% 12% Industry 12% 12% Student 0% 0% Training MIT 25% 28% Non-MIT 75% 72% Gender M 75% 76% F 25% 24% Respectfully Submitted by the Nominating Committee:   Erling Moxnes, Chair Rogelio Oliva David Lane Yaman Barlas Birgit Kopainsky Edward Anderson   Erling Moxnes Professor, System Dynamics Group Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences University of Bergen http://www.uib.no/rg/dynamics

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Results of voting: 100 regarding Brazilian Chapter
System Dynamics Society
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:14:04 -0500

Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties: Below please find the results of Motion #100: Motion
#100: SUBJECT: New constitution of the Brazilian Chapter Proposed by: Martin Schaffernicht, Seconded by: Aldo Zagonel
Voting open date: 2011.01.03 Voting close date: 2011.01.10 RESULTS: Motion #100 Passed Yes: 18 No: 0 Abstain: 0 Did Not Vote: 5   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/

 

Results of voting: 100 regarding Brazilian Chapter
 Zagonel, Aldo A
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:53:19 -0700

Thank you all for your time and attention to this matter. Please read below a note of gratitude sent to us from Brazil:   I would like to thank Aldo, Martin, Roberta, the Policy Council, as my colleagues Prof. Ricardo Chaim and Prof. Isaías Custódio, as well the VP's and all members of the Brazilian Chapter of the System Dynamics Society and everyone who believed in our work to consolidate and disseminate the System Dynamics in Brazil! I am pleasure to announce that we already acquired a domain for the chapter and we hope it will be available until tomorrow with great news so nice as this communication! Best regards, Niraldo Nascimento Brasília (DF), Brazil

Re: Results of voting: 100 regarding Brazilian Chapter
David Lane
Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:58:49 -0000

Roberta, Thanks. I really do not understand the Did Not Votes. Could you please write to the 5 saying that you have noted that they did not vote, reminding them that the expectation is that PC members do vote and asking them if there is any problem that they are having accessing the system?
Thanks, David D. C. Lane
BSc MSc DPhil FORS 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

Re: Results of voting: 100 regarding Brazilian Chapter
David Lane
Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:22:02 -0000

Please convey to Profs. Chaim and Custódio our good wishes.
I think that we were all very pleased to help and look forward to (more) great things from Brazil.
Regards, David President, System Dynamics Society
D. C. Lane BSc MSc DPhil FORS 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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From: List for System Dynamics Society Policy Council Members on behalf of Zagonel, Aldo A Sent: Wed 12/01/2011 19:53
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Subject: Re: Results of voting: 100 regarding Brazilian Chapter
Thank you all for your time and attention to this matter. Please read below a note of gratitude sent to us from Brazil:   I would like to thank Aldo, Martin, Roberta, the Policy Council, as my colleagues Prof. Ricardo Chaim and Prof. Isaías Custódio, as well the VP's and all members of the Brazilian Chapter of the System Dynamics Society and everyone who believed in our work to consolidate and disseminate the System Dynamics in Brazil! I am pleasure to announce that we already acquired a domain for the chapter and we hope it will be available until tomorrow with great news so nice as this communication! Best regards, Niraldo Nascimento Brasília (DF), Brazil

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Recall: Results of voting: 100 regarding Brazilian Chapter

Results of voting: 100 regarding Brazilian Chapter
David Lane
Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:02:33 -0000

Lane,DC would like to recall the message, "Results of voting: 100 regarding Brazilian Chapter".

Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer

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Motion 101 Notice
System Dynamics Society
Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:51:23 -0500

Dear Policy Council Members and Other Interested Parties: Electronic voting on motion #101 will be conducted via the Policy Council Menu.
Please vote YES, NO or ABSTAIN. Voting opens on Saturday, January 29 for this motion. #101: Slate of Candidates to take office on January 1, 2012 motion by Rogelio Oliva, seconded by Ignacio Martinez-Moyano. See below for formal motion.
TO VOTE ON THIS MOTION: 1.. http://www.systemdynamics.org/cgi-bin/sdsweb 2.. Click on the button "Policy Council Menu" 3.. Find motion and click on "details" NOTES: You can change your vote until the closing vote day. All votes are shown. All dates are midnight Albany time. Any further discussion of the motion should be done using the Policy Council Mailing List.
CURRENT OFFICERS AND POLICY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE:
President: David Lane (2011)
President Elect: David Ford (2011)
Past President: Rogelio Oliva (2011)
Founding President: Jay W. Forrester
Secretary: J. Bradley Morrison (2011-2012)
Vice President Chapter Activities: Martin Schaffernicht (2010-2011)
Vice President Electronic Presence: Robert L. Eberlein (2009-2011)
Vice President Finance: David F. Andersen (2011-2013)
Vice President Meetings: Andreas Groessler (2010-2012)
Vice President Member Services: Etiënne A.J.A. Rouwette (2010-2011)
Vice President Publications: George P. Richardson (2010-2011)
System Dynamics Review Executive Editor: Brian C. Dangerfield Policy Council (2009-2011):
Susan Howick, Birgit Kopainsky, Agata Sawicka, Aldo Zagonel Policy Council (2010-2012):
Laura Black, Ignacio Martínez-Moyano, Martin Schaffernicht, Kim Warren Policy Council (2011-2013):
Allyson Beall, Peter Hovmand, Len Malczynski, Markus Schwaninger
Formal Motion The PC is asked to accept the SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE 01/01/12: Pres-Elect: K. Warren;
VP E-Presence: R. Eberlein (re-appoint);
VP Member Serv.: E. Rouwette (re-appoint);
VP Pub.: G. Richardson (re-appoint);
PC1: R. MacDonald;
PC2: S. Ulli-Beer;
PC3: L. Stuntz;
PC4: N. Zimmermann.
We also propose that PC Member (orig. term 2010-12) M. Schaffernicht continues as VP Chapters (2012-13 partial term); requiring a PC Member replacement.
We suggest PC5: B. Tan for a partial term (2011-12).
For full information, please see the section “Reports Posted for this Meeting” by Moxnes, Erling “Proposed Slate of Candidates to take office January 1, 2012.”  
Roberta L. Spencer Executive Director SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY Milne 300, Rockefeller College 135 Western Avenue University at Albany, State University of New York phone (518) 442-3865 fax (518) 442-3398 office@systemdynamics.org Albany, NY, 12222, U.S.A. http://www.systemdynamics.org/

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