Beall King, Allyson (1001) Policy Council 2024 01 (January) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 01 (January) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1004) Policy Council 2024 02 (February) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 02 (February) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1006) Policy Council 2024 03 (March) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 03 (March) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1010) Policy Council 2024 04 (April) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 04 (April) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1014) Policy Council 2024 05 (May) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 05 (May) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1017) Policy Council 2024 06 (June) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 06 (June) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1021) Policy Council 2024 08 04 (August ISDC 2024) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 08 04 (August ISDC 2024) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1023) Policy Council 2024 08 28 (August) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 08 28 (August) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1025) Policy Council 2024 09 (September) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 09 (September) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1027) Policy Council 2024 10 09 (October) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 10 08 (October) Meeting Slides) Report
Beall King, Allyson (1033) Policy Council 2024 12 (December) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2024 12 (December) Meeting Slides) Report
Bleijenbergh, Inge (1016) Retirement membership proposal (This report proposes a reduced pricing for retired members (members over age of 60 no longer working full time), because we are losing more members of this age group than we are gaining. The proposal is way to retain members and so preserve a wealth of knowledge of members that have experience in the field and the society. ) Report
Eberlein, Bob (1012) Publications Committee Brief Report (This is a brief report from the publications committee, including the Publisher's report we received from Wiley.) Report Supporting
Eberlein, Bob (1013) Update to Meetings Code of Conduct (The attached report suggest small changes to the code of conduct for meetings. Those changes should be approved by a vote of the Policy Council. It also outlines the steps to be taken to encourage awareness of, and compliance with, this code.) Report
Eberlein, Bob (1031) Updated Program Guidelines from the Society Programs Oversight Committee (These have been updated largely to be consistent with current practice, or aspiration thereto. The addition of structured abstracts for the conference is included and the supplementary material describes the content those should contain for different types of work as well as providing a number of examples. ) Report Supporting
Gary, Shayne (1003) Nominating Committee Report February 20 2024 (The Nominating Committee is pleased to nominate for consideration by the Policy Council the candidates listed below to fill open positions at the System Dynamics Society. All candidates have been approached by the Committee and have agreed to their nomination. In addition, all nominees agreed to take office should their nominations be approved by the Policy Council. The Proposed Slate of Candidates to Take Office January 1, 2025 President-Elect 2025 Scott Rockart Secretary 2025-2027 Lees Stuntz VP Marketing 2025-2027 Thomas Wittig VP Meetings 2025-2027 John Ansah VP Professional Practice 2025 -2027 Jenson Goh Policy Council Membership at Largevv2025-2027 Burcu Tan Erciyes Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues Oluwabunmi (Bunmi) Falebita Irene Headen) Report Supporting
Hovmand, Peter (1008) French Chapter Constitution (Supporting materials to petition for the French Chapter) Report Supporting
Hovmand, Peter (1009) MIT Chapter Constitution (Constitution of the MIT Chapter of the System Dynamics Society) Report
Hovmand, Peter (1019) Nordic Chapter Constitution (Supporting materials to petition for the Nordic Chapter) Report Supporting
Hovmand, Peter (1028) ENRM SIG Proposal Documents (See attached the petition, constitution, and signatures for the Environmental and Natural Resource Management SIG proposal.) Report
Hovmand, Peter (1030) 2023 Chapter/SIG Annual Report Summary (This document summarizes the 2023 Chapter and SIG annual reports and lists implemented action points.) Report
Hovmand, Peter (1035) 2024 StFC Report (The StFC Report presents the approved and rejected applications for the StFF in 2024 along with budget considerations.) Report
Niles, Rebecca (1000) November 2023 policy council meeting minutes REVISED (This is a revised set of minutes for the November Policy Council Meeting. It reflects the removal of comments to the effect that we did a pulse check related to the Logo conversation.) Report
Rich, Eliot (1029) 2024 VP Finance Report (Report and narrative regarding FY 2023 financial statement ) Report
Rich, Eliot (1032) SDS FY 2025 Budget Proposal (Attached is a proposed SDS budget 2025 with a comparison to previous years. ) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1002) Policy Council Minutes 01.24.2024 (These are the minutes for the January 24,2024 Policy Council meeting.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1005) Policy Council Minutes 02.28.2024 (These are the minutes for the February 2024 Policy Council meeting.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1007) Policy Council Minutes 03.27.2024 (Minutes from the March 27, 2024 Policy Council meeting.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1011) Policy Council Minutes 04.24.2024 (These are the minutes for the Policy Council meeting held April 24, 2024 at 11 am EDT via Zoom.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1015) Policy Council Minutes 05.22.2024 (These are the minutes of the Policy Council Meeting held via Zoom on May 22, 2024.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1018) Policy Council Minutes 06.26.2024 (These are the minutes for the Policy Council meeting held via Zoom on June 26,2024.) Report Supporting
Stuntz, Lees (1020) General Business Meeting Minutes 07.30.24 (These are the minutes for the 2024 General Business Meeting) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1022) Policy Council minutes 08.04.2024 (These are the minutes for the PC meting held in Bergen in conjunction with the ISDC.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1024) Policy Council Minutes 08.28.2024 (These are the minutes for the meeting held August 29,2024 via Zoom.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1026) Policy council minutes 09.25.2024 (These are the minutes for the first portion of the Policy Council meeting held on September25,2024. The meeting was adjourned until 11 am EDT on October 9, 2024 via Zoom.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1034) Policy Council Minutes 12.04.2024 (These are the minutes for the last meeting of 2024, held on December 4.) Report
Source: Society Web Portal
Motion 1106: Subject: 2027 Program Chair Appointment
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: Inge Bleijenbergh
Voting open date: 2024.01.13 Voting close date: 2024.01.23
Formal Motion: Moved: That John Ansah, Laura Black, and Brad Morrison be appointed as Program Chairs for the 2027 System Dynamics Conference.
Notes on supporting material: From the Society Programs Oversight Committee (SPOC). John and Brad are experienced Program Chairs and Laura is new to the role. Motion 1105 set Cleveland as the location for the conference with Peter Hovmand and Warren Farr as the Organizing Chairs.
Motion 1106 Passed (Y:14/N:0/A:1/NV:9)
Motion 1108(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Approve the November and December 2023 Minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Raafat Zaini
Voting open date: 2024.01.24 Voting close date: 2024.01.24
Formal Motion: To approve the Policy Council Meeting Minutes November and December, 2023
Motion 1108 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1109(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to Hold the 2024 General Body Meeting on Jul 30
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: Inge Bleijenbergh
Voting open date: 2024.01.24 Voting close date: 2024.01.24
Formal Motion: Move to leave [the meeting] at Tuesday at 11 [New York time] just as it is showing in the current tentative schedule
Motion 1109 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1110(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Approve January 2024 Minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Diana Fisher
Voting open date: 2024.02.28 Voting close date: 2024.02.28
Formal Motion: To approve the Policy Council Meeting Minutes January, 2024
Motion 1110 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1111(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion for Jeroen Struben at Large member of the Exec Committee
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2024.02.28 Voting close date: 2024.02.28
Formal Motion: Motion to have Jeroen Struben as an at Large member of the Executive Committee
Motion 1111 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1112(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the 2025 slate of candidates
Proposed by: J. Bradley Morrison, Seconded by: **lost**
Voting open date: 2024.02.28 Voting close date: 2024.02.28
Formal Motion: To approve the the proposed slate of candidates to take office from January 1, 2025
Notes on supporting material: President Elect Scott Rockart
VP Marketing Thomas Wittig
VP Meetings John Ansah
VP Professional Practice Jenson Goh
Secretary Lees Stuntz
PC Members at Large Burcu Erciyes, Vinicius Rodrigues, Oluwabunmi Falebi
Motion 1112 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1113(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint John Ansah as VP Meetings (partial term 2024)
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2024.03.27 Voting close date: 2024.03.27
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint John Ansah as VP Meetings (partial term 2024)
Motion 1113 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1114(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint members of the Organization and Bylaws Commit
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2024.03.27 Voting close date: 2024.03.27
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Brad Morrisson as member (2023-2025) of the Organization and Bylaws Committee, Lees Stuntz as member (2024-2026) of the Organization and Bylaws Committee
Motion 1114 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1115(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint members of the Publications Committee
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2024.03.27 Voting close date: 2024.03.27
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Krys Stave as member (partial term 2024) of the Publications Committee, and Karan Khosla as member (2024-2026) of the Publications Committee.
Motion 1115 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1116(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve February 2024 PC Minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2024.03.27 Voting close date: 2024.03.27
Formal Motion: Motion to approve February 2024 PC Minutes
Motion 1116 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1117(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint Scott Rockart and Jenson Goh as members of th
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2024.04.24 Voting close date: 2024.04.24
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Scott Rockart and Jenson Goh as members of the Strategy Committee
Motion 1117 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1118(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the March 2024 Policy Council Meeting Minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2024.04.24 Voting close date: 2024.04.24
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the March 2024 Policy Council Meeting Minutes
Motion 1118 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1119(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to acknowledge the disclosed potential conflicts of inte
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: Jenson Goh
Voting open date: 2024.04.24 Voting close date: 2024.04.24
Formal Motion: Motion to acknowledge the disclosed potential conflicts of interest by Brad Morrison, Hazhir Rahmandad, and Timothy Clancy, and to not require the individuals to take any specific action at this point.
Motion 1119 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1120(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to accept Rebecca’s disclosure and not require any act
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Eliot Rich
Voting open date: 2024.04.24 Voting close date: 2024.04.24
Formal Motion: Motion to accept Rebecca’s disclosure and not require any action
Motion 1120 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1121(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to start a committee to address the concerns related to
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Eliot Rich
Voting open date: 2024.04.24 Voting close date: 2024.04.24
Formal Motion: Motion to start a committee to address the concerns related to the referral process
Motion 1121 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1122(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve April 2024 PC Minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Inge Bleijenbergh
Voting open date: 2024.05.22 Voting close date: 2024.05.22
Formal Motion: Motion to approve April 2024 PC Minutes
Motion 1122 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1123(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to shift Summer School Scholarship funds to Conference S
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: Eliot Rich
Voting open date: 2024.05.22 Voting close date: 2024.05.22
Formal Motion: Motion to create a designated fund for all scholarships, combining monies from the current Summer School Scholarship designated fund, and the Conference Scholarship informally designated fund and removing those designations. All SDS School honorariums not claimed by their recipients will be paid into this designated fund.
Motion 1123 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1124(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to Approve Retirement Membership
Proposed by: Inge Bleijenbergh, Seconded by: Eliot Rich
Voting open date: 2024.05.22 Voting close date: 2024.05.22
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the proposal for a Retirement Membership for a 50% discount price.
Motion 1124 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1125(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to Empower Executive Director to Offer Additional Confer
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: Eliot Rich
Voting open date: 2024.05.22 Voting close date: 2024.05.22
Formal Motion: Motion to authorize the Executive Director to make a decision on eight additional conference scholarships related to people listed by David Wheat and Saeed P. Langarudi
Motion 1125 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1126(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to adopt the updated Participants Code of Conduct for Me
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: Inge Bleijenbergh
Voting open date: 2024.05.22 Voting close date: 2024.05.22
Formal Motion: Motion to adopt the updated Participants Code of Conduct for Meetings that has been revised to include a link to the SDS code of conduct, add VP Membership as a point of contact, and make the contact emails specific but position based so that the statement itself does not need to be updated as people change positions.
Motion 1126 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1127(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve May 2024 PC Minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Diana Fisher
Voting open date: 2024.06.26 Voting close date: 2024.06.26
Formal Motion: Motion to approve May 2024 PC Minutes
Motion 1127 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1128(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve Willem Auping to the position of PC Member at
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2024.06.26 Voting close date: 2024.06.26
Formal Motion: Motion to approve Willem Auping, TU Delft, to the position of Policy Council Member at Large for the remainder of the 2023 - 2025 term.
Motion 1128 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1129(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the formation of the French Chapter
Proposed by: Peter Hovmand, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2024.06.26 Voting close date: 2024.06.26
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the formation of the French Chapter, subject to signing of the proposed Letter Agreement.
Motion 1129 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1130(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the formation of the MIT Chapter
Proposed by: Peter Hovmand, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2024.06.26 Voting close date: 2024.06.26
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the formation of the MIT Chapter, subject to signing of the proposed Letter Agreement
Motion 1130 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1131(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the formation of the Nordic Chapter
Proposed by: Peter Hovmand, Seconded by: Willem L. Auping
Voting open date: 2024.08.04 Voting close date: 2024.08.04
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the formation of the Nordic Chapter
Motion 1131 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1132(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve August 4 2024 PC Minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Willem L. Auping
Voting open date: 2024.08.28 Voting close date: 2024.08.28
Formal Motion: Motion to approve amended August 4 2024 PC Minutes identifying Vinícius as having presented the Chapter & SIG section of the past meeting and identifying Willem as having seconded the motion to adjourn.
Motion 1132 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1133(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the Policy Council Meeting Minutes June and A
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Hyunjung Kim
Voting open date: 2024.09.25 Voting close date: 2024.09.25
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the Policy Council Meeting Minutes June and August 28, 2024
Motion 1133 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1134(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint Florian Kapmeier to the Awards Committee
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2024.09.25 Voting close date: 2024.09.25
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Florian Kapmeier as member (2024-2026) of the Awards Committee
Motion 1134 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1135(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to take Schaumburg out of the ISDC 2025 venue considerat
Proposed by: Diana Fisher, Seconded by: Raafat Zaini
Voting open date: 2024.10.09 Voting close date: 2024.10.09
Formal Motion: Motion to take Schaumburg out of the ISDC 2025 venue consideration.
Motion 1135 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1136(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to decide the ISDC 2025 location
Proposed by: Diana Fisher, Seconded by: Inge Bleijenbergh
Voting open date: 2024.10.09 Voting close date: 2024.10.09
Formal Motion: Motion that the final decision on the ISDC 2025 location be made by the Executive Committee, VP Meetings and Executive Director.
Motion 1136 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1137: Subject: Acceptance of VP Finance Report 2024
Proposed by: Eliot Rich, Seconded by: Hazhir Rahmandad
Voting open date: 2024.11.22 Voting close date: 2024.12.02
Formal Motion: The Policy Council accepts the VP Finance Report for 2024, which includes the audit of FY 2023.
Notes on supporting material: Please see report 1029 for details.
Motion 1137 Passed (Y:13/N:0/A:1/NV:10)
Motion 1138: Subject: Motion to approve SDS 2025 proposed budget
Proposed by: Eliot Rich, Seconded by: Inge Bleijenbergh
Voting open date: 2024.12.09 Voting close date: 2024.12.15
Formal Motion: The Policy Council adopts the budget proposed by the Finance Committee for 2025.
Notes on supporting material: See report.
Motion 1138 Passed (Y:11/N:0/A:0/NV:13)
Motion 1139: Subject: SDS 2025 Reserve Designations
Proposed by: Eliot Rich, Seconded by: Inge Bleijenbergh
Voting open date: 2024.12.09 Voting close date: 2024.12.15
Formal Motion: The Policy Council designates the unrestricted assets of the Society for FY 2025 as proposed by the Finance Committee
Motion 1139 Passed (Y:10/N:0/A:0/NV:14)
Motion 1140(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the Policy Council Meeting Minutes September-
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Inge Bleijenbergh
Voting open date: 2024.12.04 Voting close date: 2024.12.04
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the Policy Council Meeting Minutes September-October, 2024
Motion 1140 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1141(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to renew Andreas Grössler as the Executive Editor of th
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: J. Bradley Morrison
Voting open date: 2024.12.04 Voting close date: 2024.12.04
Formal Motion: Motion to renew Andreas Grössler as the Executive Editor of the System Dynamics Review beginning in 2025 in accordance with the Policies.
Motion 1141 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1142(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint D Lounsbury (SPOC) and C Decouttere (Pubs Com
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2024.12.04 Voting close date: 2024.12.04
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint David Lounsbury to the Society Programs Oversight Committee (2025-2027) and Catherine Decouttere to the Publications Committee (2025-2027).
Motion 1142 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1143(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to table the ENRM SIG motion
Proposed by: Saras Chung, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2024.12.04 Voting close date: 2024.12.04
Formal Motion: Motion to table the ENRM SIG motion
Motion 1143 Passed face-to-face vote