Bleijenbergh, Inge (1001) Dana Meadows scholar proposal Report
Bleijenbergh, Inge (1021) Updated Dana Meadows scholar proposal (Proposal updated with additions in the Eligibility & Application Requirements, based on the Policy Council discussion 28th of May 2025) Report
Bleijenbergh, Inge (1025) Dana Meadows scholar proposal for motion (Proposal updated with suggested language for committee members) Report
Eberlein, Bob (1002) Dana Meadows Fund Proposal Report
Eberlein, Bob (1011) Updated report on the Dana Meadows Fund Report Supporting
Eberlein, Bob (1029) Conference Program Guidelines Update (The updates program guidelines as adopted by the Society Programs Oversight Committee is attached. The main changes are the removal of Feedback Sessions replaced with the designation of a Presentation Coach with the same intent. Work in Progress Sessions have been renamed to Short Presentation Sessions since other submission types are often presented in these sessions. Clarity on the SPOCs position relative to the budget allocated to the Program Chairs is also included. ) Report Supporting
Naugle, Asmeret (1000) Policy Council 2025 01 (January) Meeting Slides Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1005) Policy Council 2025 02 (February) Meeting Slides Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1006) Policy Council 2025 03 (March) Meeting Slides Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1007) Supporting Material on Proposal for Motion to Approve Policy Council Meeting Schedule Flexibility Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1012) Policy Council 2025 05 (May) Meeting Slides Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1013) Policy Council 2025 04 (April) Meeting Slides Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1015) Policy Council 2025 06 (June) Meeting Slides Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1016) Referral Strategy Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1022) Policy Council 2025 09 (September) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2025 09 (September) Meeting Slides) Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1027) Policy Council 2025 11 (November) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2025 11 (November) Meeting Slides) Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1028) Policy Council 2025 10 (October) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2025 10 (October) Meeting Slides ) Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1031) SDS 2025 Strategy Report (SDS 2025 Strategy Report. The Strategy Committee chose to focus on developing 5-year goals for the Society. The goals selected by the strategy committee should guide SDS activities from 2026 through 2031, unless directed otherwise by the SDS Policy Council.) Report
Naugle, Asmeret (1032) Policy Council 2025 12 (December) Meeting Slides (Policy Council 2025 12 (December) Meeting Slides) Report
Rich, Eliot (1010) Motion: Budget amendment supporting JWF awards Report
Rich, Eliot (1018) Report of VP Finance Fiscal Year 2024 (Financial position and narrative for Fiscal Year 2024. ) Report
Rich, Eliot (1030) 2026 Budget Proposal (Finance Committee proposal for the 2026 Society budget.) Report Link from authors
Stuntz, Lees (1003) Policy Council MInutes 01.29.2025 Report
Stuntz, Lees (1004) Policy Council Minutes 02.26.2025 Report
Stuntz, Lees (1008) Policy Council Minutes 03.26.2025 Report
Stuntz, Lees (1009) Policy Council Minutes 04.30.2025 Report
Stuntz, Lees (1014) Policy Council Minutes 05.28.2025 Supporting
Stuntz, Lees (1017) Policy Council Minutes 06.23.2025 Report
Stuntz, Lees (1019) Minutes of the General Business Meeting 07.29.2025 (These are the minutes of the annual General Business Meeting held via Zoom on July 29,2025) Supporting
Stuntz, Lees (1020) Policy Council Minutes 08.03.2025 (These are the minutes of the in-person/Zoom meeting held at the Boston conference.) Supporting
Stuntz, Lees (1023) Policy Council Minutes 09.24.2025 (These are the minutes for the September 2025 Policy Council meeting.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1024) Policy Council Minutes 10.29.2025 (These are the minutes for the October meeting of the policy council.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1026) Policy Council Minutes 11.19.2025 (These are the minutes for the November Policy Council Meeting.) Report
Stuntz, Lees (1033) Policy Council Minutes 12.10.2025 (These are the minutes for the last month of the 2025 year, held via Zoom.) Report
Source: Society Web Portal
Motion 1144(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the December 2024 PC minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Allyson Beall King
Voting open date: 2025.01.29 Voting close date: 2025.01.29
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the December 2024 PC minutes
Motion 1144 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1145(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint members to the Strategy Committee
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Scott Rockart
Voting open date: 2025.01.29 Voting close date: 2025.01.29
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Ignacio Martinez-Moyano (partial term 2025, and 2026-2028) and Willem Auping (2025-2027) to the Strategy Committee
Motion 1145 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1146(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the January 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Burcu Tan
Voting open date: 2025.02.26 Voting close date: 2025.02.26
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the January 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1146 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1147(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint Mohammad Jalali as VP Chapters & SIGs
Proposed by: Asmeret Naugle, Seconded by: John Ansah
Voting open date: 2025.02.26 Voting close date: 2025.02.26
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Mohammad Jalali as VP Chapters & SIGs for the partial term 2025.
Motion 1147 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1148: Subject: To approve the 2026 slate of candidates
Proposed by: Asmeret Naugle, Seconded by: Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues
Voting open date: 2025.03.06 Voting close date: 2025.03.17
Formal Motion: To approve the the proposed slate of candidates to take office from January 1, 2026
President Elect Jeroen Struben
VP Chapters & SIGs Mohammad (“MJ”) S. Jalali
VP Pre-College Education Diana Fisher
PC Members at Large (2026-2028)
Ke (Koko) Zhou
Min-Ren Yan
Scott Johnson
Steve Smith
Motion 1148 Passed (Y:17/N:0/A:0/NV:6)
Motion 1149(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to acknowledge the 2025 conflicts of interest with appro
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Burcu Tan
Voting open date: 2025.02.26 Voting close date: 2025.02.26
Formal Motion: Lees moved to acknowledge the potential conflicts of interest and generic mitigation plan by Bob, Lees, Jenson, Vinicius, Irene, Diana, Raafat, Christine and Willem.
"The PC member will recuse themselves from any discussion (unless requested to join specifically to represent the outside interest) or vote for which the outcome might benefit them or their organizations personally or financially. The PC member will not use society resources for non-society (personal or organizational) gain".
Motion 1149 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1150(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to accept the mitigation plan for Rebecca's potential co
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Scott Rockart
Voting open date: 2025.02.26 Voting close date: 2025.02.26
Formal Motion: Motion to accept the mitigation plan for Rebecca's potential conflict of interest disclosure.
“Recognizing the continuous conversation that is going on between Rebecca and Executive Committee and to make sure that the Executive Committee can support Rebecca in the case that COI concerns are raised, Rebecca will give a more detailed report on her outside activities annually to the Executive Committee, and whenever there are major changes in her outside activities.”
Motion 1150 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1152(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the SIG name change from “Environmental SIG
Proposed by: Asmeret Naugle, Seconded by: Diana Fisher
Voting open date: 2025.03.26 Voting close date: 2025.03.26
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the SIG name change from “Environmental SIG” to “Environment and Natural Resource Management SIG” (ENRM SIG).
Motion 1152 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1153(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to support ISDC 2025 decision-makers to change plans to
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2025.03.26 Voting close date: 2025.03.26
Formal Motion: Move that the PC supports the office, VP meetings, and planning/program committees in changing plans about the 2025 conference to adapt to political and other conditions.
Motion 1153 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1154(Policy Change): Subject: Motion to Approve Policy Council Meeting Schedule Flexibility
Proposed by: Asmeret Naugle, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2025.04.04 Voting close date: 2025.04.14
Formal Motion: Motion to change the Policies to:
“Policy IV. Section 1. Authority. The Policy Council shall set policies and issue directives and shall monitor the work of Officers and other activities under way or planned. It shall schedule monthly electronic Policy Council meetings with the flexibility of canceling when reasonable, and meet in person during the annual conference when possible”.
Notes on supporting material: See report 1007 for details and original Policy text.
The President proposes a policy update aimed at improving the flexibility and efficiency of Policy Council meetings. The requirement to schedule monthly meetings remains in place.
Motion 1154 Failed (Y:12/N:5/A:0/NV:6)
Motion 1155(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the March 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Scott Rockart
Voting open date: 2025.04.30 Voting close date: 2025.04.30
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the March 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1155 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1156(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the April 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: Diana Fisher
Voting open date: 2025.05.28 Voting close date: 2025.05.28
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the April 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1156 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1157(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve a budget increase for two JWF awards
Proposed by: Eliot Rich, Seconded by: Allyson Beall King
Voting open date: 2025.05.28 Voting close date: 2025.05.28
Formal Motion: Motion to approve an increase in the 2025 Budget for the JWF award from $5,200 to $12,000 to allow for a second JWF Award to be given
Motion 1157 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1158(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint Willem Auping to the Executive Committee
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2025.05.28 Voting close date: 2025.05.28
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Willem Auping to the Executive Committee
Motion 1158 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1159: Subject: Adopt the Revised Dana Meadows Fund Charter
Proposed by: Bob Eberlein, Seconded by: Vinicius Picanço Rodrigues
Voting open date: 2025.06.24 Voting close date: 2025.07.04
Formal Motion: Moved, to rename the Restricted Dana Meadows Award Fund to the Dana Meadows Fund and to adopt the revised Charter for the fund as it appears in supplementary material for report 1011.
Motion 1159 Passed (Y:19/N:0/A:0/NV:4)
Motion 1160(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the May 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Scott Rockart, Seconded by: Burcu Tan
Voting open date: 2025.06.25 Voting close date: 2025.06.25
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the May 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1160 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1161: Subject: Motion to accept VP Finance Report for FY 2024
Proposed by: Eliot Rich, Seconded by: Lees Stuntz
Voting open date: 2025.07.29 Voting close date: 2025.08.08
Formal Motion: The Policy Council accepts the report from the VP Finance for FY 2024.
Notes on supporting material: Report posted on WebPortal #1018
Motion 1161 Passed (Y:15/N:0/A:1/NV:7)
Motion 1162(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the June 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Eliot Rich
Voting open date: 2025.08.03 Voting close date: 2025.08.03
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the June 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1162 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1163(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint Nici Zimmerman to the Organizations & Bylaw
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Raafat Zaini
Voting open date: 2025.08.03 Voting close date: 2025.08.03
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Nici Zimmerman to the Organizations & Bylaw (2025-2027)
Motion 1163 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1164(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to update the referral process
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Scott Rockart
Voting open date: 2025.08.03 Voting close date: 2025.08.03
Formal Motion: Discontinue the referral process, and replace it with two Society-managed capabilities:
1. Directory of members available for system dynamics work
2. Mechanism for clients to post requests for work/proposals
Motion 1164 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1165: Subject: Motion to approve the August 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Scott Rockart, Seconded by: Diana Fisher
Voting open date: 2025.09.24 Voting close date: 2025.09.24
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the August 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1165 No Quorum (Y:0/N:0/A:0/NV:23)
Motion 1166(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the September 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Raafat Zaini
Voting open date: 2025.10.29 Voting close date: 2025.10.29
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the September 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1166 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1167: Subject: Motion to approve the Dana Meadows Scholarship Proposal
Proposed by: Inge Bleijenbergh, Seconded by: Eliot Rich
Voting open date: 2025.11.07 Voting close date: 2025.11.17
Formal Motion: To approve the Dana Meadows Scholarship Proposal as formulated in the final updated proposal, with a start date of 2026.
Motion 1167 Passed (Y:10/N:0/A:3/NV:10)
Motion 1168(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the October 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Scott Rockart
Voting open date: 2025.11.19 Voting close date: 2025.11.19
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the October 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1168 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1169(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to appoint Hazhir Rahmandad and Yaman Barlas to the Awar
Proposed by: Allyson Beall King, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2025.11.19 Voting close date: 2025.11.19
Formal Motion: Motion to appoint Hazhir Rahmandad (2025-2027) and Yaman Barlas (2026-2028) to the Award committee
Motion 1169 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1170(Face-to-Face vote): Subject: Motion to approve the November 2025 PC minutes
Proposed by: Lees Stuntz, Seconded by: Burcu Tan
Voting open date: 2025.12.10 Voting close date: 2025.12.10
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the November 2025 PC minutes
Motion 1170 Passed face-to-face vote
Motion 1171: Subject: Adopt the 2026 Budget
Proposed by: Eliot Rich, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2025.12.10 Voting close date: 2025.12.20
Formal Motion: Moved: To adopt the 2026 budget presented in Report 1030 and at the December 10th Policy Council Meeting.
Motion 1171 Passed (Y:16/N:0/A:0/NV:7)
Motion 1172: Subject: Approve Designated Funds for 2026
Proposed by: Eliot Rich, Seconded by: Bob Eberlein
Voting open date: 2025.12.10 Voting close date: 2025.12.20
Formal Motion: Moved: To approve the amount held in designated funds that is outlined report 1030 and was presented to the Policy Council Meeting on December 10.
Motion 1172 Passed (Y:16/N:0/A:0/NV:7)
Motion 1173: Subject: Motion to approve the 5-year goals as presented in the SDS 2025
Proposed by: Asmeret Naugle, Seconded by: Diana Fisher
Voting open date: 2025.12.12 Voting close date: 2025.12.22
Formal Motion: Motion to approve the 5-year goals as presented in the SDS 2025 Strategy Report
Motion 1173 Passed (Y:14/N:0/A:0/NV:9)