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Motion 115: Subject: Temporary Appointment of PC Officer due to vacancy
Proposed by: Kim Warren, Seconded by: David Ford
Voting open date: 2013.12.16 Voting close date: 2013.12.26
Formal Motion: I move that the Policy Council approve the appointment of Ken Cooper for the temporary appointment of two years (January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015 partial term) to serve as Vice President: Professional Practice. This is a new VP position in 2013 (original term 2013-2015) and the office has been vacant since it was created.
Notes on supporting material: Although vacancy appointment does not require approval of the Nominating Committee, the Nominating Committee is pleased to put forward Ken Cooper to serve as Vice President Professional Practice.
Motion 115 Passed (Y:18/N:0/A:0/NV:7)
Motion 116: Subject: Temporary Appointment of PC Officer due to vacancy [2]
Proposed by: Kim Warren, Seconded by: David Ford
Voting open date: 2013.12.16 Voting close date: 2013.12.26
Formal Motion: I move that the Policy Council approve the appointment of Peter Hovmand for the temporary appointment of two years (January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015 partial term) to serve as Vice President: Marketing and Communications. This is a new VP position in 2013 (original term 2013-2015) and the office has been vacant since it was created.
Notes on supporting material: Although vacancy appointment does not require approval of the Nominating Committee, the Nominating Committee is pleased to put forward Peter Hovmand to serve as Vice President: Marketing and Communications.
Motion 116 Passed (Y:18/N:0/A:0/NV:7)
Motion 118: Subject: New appointments to Standing Committees
Proposed by: Kim Warren, Seconded by: George Richardson
Voting open date: 2014.01.22 Voting close date: 2014.02.01
Formal Motion: That Sara Metcalf be appointed to the Publications Committee for the 3-year term 2014-2016, and that Jill Kuhlberg and Stefano Armenia be appointed to the Society Program and Oversight Committee for the 3-year term 2014-2016.
Notes on supporting material: We need to fill vacancies on Standing Committees for 2014-2016, which task falls to the President, with Policy Council endorsement. I am late doing this, but now recommending these appointments. More background has been posted on the PC Forum.
Motion 118 Passed (Y:14/N:0/A:0/NV:11)
Motion 119: Subject: Recognition of the South Africa Chapter
Proposed by: Martin Schaffernicht, Seconded by: Leonard Malczynski
Voting open date: 2014.02.03 Voting close date: 2014.02.13
Formal Motion: I move to recognize the "South African Chapter of the System Dynamics Society". This group proposes an appropriate constitution, has enough founding members and a set of initial officers. The core group has already stabilized, and there are many additional new members. It will be the first Chapter in Africa.
Notes on supporting material: The proposed constitution, list of initial members and officers has been posted on the PC discussion forum.
Motion 119 Passed (Y:19/N:0/A:0/NV:6)
Motion 120: Subject: Motion to approve Slate of Candidates
Proposed by: Kim Warren, Seconded by: George Richardson
Voting open date: 2014.02.04 Voting close date: 2014.02.14
Formal Motion: I move that the Policy Council recognize and accept the SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE ON JANUARY 1, 2015: President Elect: E. Rouwette, VP Membership: Ö. Pala (2015-17), VP Publications: P. Davidsen (2015-17), VP of E-Presence: R. Eberlein (re-appointment 2015-17), VP Marketing & Communications: P. Hovmand (2015), VP Professional Practice: K. Cooper (2015), Secretary: B. Morrison (re-appointment 2015-17), PC Members (2015-17) PC#1: S. Armenia, PC#2: Ö. Karanfil, PC#3: E. Pruyt, PC#4: G. Yücel
Notes on supporting material: See full report by Ford, D. "Nominating Committee Report." Partial appointments of K. Cooper and P. Hovmand (new appointments '14) are to fill the openings caused by the newly created offices in '13 (VP Prof. Practice and VP Marketing & Communications)
Motion 120 Passed (Y:19/N:0/A:0/NV:6)
Motion 125: Subject: Correct appointment dates for Secretary in slate of nominations
Proposed by: Robert Eberlein, Seconded by: Roderick MacDonald
Voting open date: 2014.04.19 Voting close date: 2014.04.29
Formal Motion: That the term of Brad Morrison as Secretary in the approved slate be corrected to a two year term from 2015-2016.
Notes on supporting material: The term of secretary is two, not three, years. This was an oversight in the original motion (120).
Motion 125 Passed (Y:22/N:0/A:0/NV:3)
Motion 126: Subject: Approval of 2013 Summer PC Meeting Minutes
Proposed by: Robert Eberlein, Seconded by: Roderick MacDonald
Voting open date: 2014.04.19 Voting close date: 2014.04.29
Formal Motion: The that minutes of the 2013 summer Policy Council meeting as posted on our web site be approved.
Notes on supporting material: This is a procedural motion but needs to be recorded.
Motion 126 Passed (Y:21/N:0/A:0/NV:4)
Motion 127: Subject: Appointment of 2015 Program Chairs
Proposed by: Leonard Malczynski, Seconded by: Peter Hovmand
Voting open date: 2014.04.19 Voting close date: 2014.04.26
Formal Motion: That Khalid Saeed and Karim Chichakly be named as program chairs for the 2015 International Conference of the System Dynamics Society to be held in Boston.
Notes on supporting material: This recommendation is in accordance with the duties of the Society Oversight and Program Committee as stated in Policy 10. Khalid and Karim have been contacted and have agreed to take on this responsibility.
Motion 127 Passed (Y:22/N:0/A:0/NV:3)
Motion 128: Subject: Recognition of Africa Regional Chapter
Proposed by: Martin Schaffernicht, Seconded by: Leonard Malczynski
Voting open date: 2014.04.19 Voting close date: 2014.04.26
Formal Motion: The we formally approve and recognize the "Africa Regional Chapter of the System Dynamics Society" in accordance with the petition and constitution they have submitted to the Vice President Chapters.
Notes on supporting material: This Chapter will represent much of Africa and complements the South Africa Chapter recently approved. See Report “Schaffernicht, Martin, Supplementary material for recognition of the Africa Regional Chapter”
Motion 128 Passed (Y:22/N:0/A:0/NV:3)
Motion 129: Subject: Support for engagement of the XMILE Technical Committee
Proposed by: Leonard Malczynski, Seconded by: Robert Eberlein
Voting open date: 2014.04.19 Voting close date: 2014.04.26
Formal Motion: That the efforts of the OASIS XMILE Technical Committee to engage Society members in discussion of the specification be recognized and supported.
Notes on supporting material: The XMILE Technical Committee is planning a round table at the conference and the distribution of a questionnaire at the conference allowing attendees to express they support for or reservations about the specification draft.
Motion 129 Passed (Y:22/N:0/A:0/NV:3)
END OF MOTIONS, 2014 Winter Policy Council Meeting
Brad Morrison, Secretary
Thu May 22 15:06:49 2014
NOTE: For details on motions see the Minutes of Policy Council Meetings on the Governance page of the Society web site
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