2005 Summer Policy Council Meeting
July 17th at the Seaport Hotel in Boston
Draft Agenda
(Additions and corrections to Jack Pugh,
David Packer and Graham
Winch please.)
- Opening: Graham Winch
- Welcome, introductions and recording of attendance
- Announce new format of Policy Council Meeting
- Policy Council Members to sit at table (designation on badge)
- Meeting to be open for Reports, Announcements and Straightforward
Action Items; Policy Council Members only for not straightforward voting; then
open recap of decision
- Agenda Overview and Call for Additions: Graham Winch
- Overview
- Reports, Announcements and Straightforward Action Items
- Call for Additions
- Reports, Announcements and Straightforward Action Items
- Approvals and Interim Votes: Graham Winch
- Approve minutes of the Winter Policy Council Meeting
- Recap any e-decisions for the record
- (Business SIG – voted on and approved
- Russian Chapter
- Pakistan Chapter
- Report of the Vice President –
Publications: Deborah Andersen
- Report of the Publisher of the System Dynamics Review: Graham
Russel
- Report by the Webmaster: Jack Pugh
- Report of the Editor of the System Dynamics
Review: Brian Dangerfield
- (50th
anniversary issue
- Plan to digitize
the issues of the SDR from before Wiley took it over. Wiley will be asking is
for permission to do this.
- List of all articles
and titles for the all past issues is now on the web.
- Report on the Newsletters 2004/2005: Graham Winch verbal
- Administrative Committee Report: Peter Milling
- Summary of actions/discussions
- (Compensation Report
- Status of new space
$40,000
- Investment Policy
- 2006 Contract with the University
- Timing of creating the Society budget (September rather than
July)
- IFR (University) Accounting
- Report of the Executive Director: Roberta Spencer
- Summary, full
report available
- (System Dynamics Society,
Inc (from the Systems Dynamics Society, Inc.) is now accomplished after all
these years!
- Dropout rate
- Report of the Vice President – Finance:
David Andersen
-
Proposed Budget System Dynamics Society
2006
-
Proposed Budget System Dynamics Society
2006 Shown by Cost Center
-
Audited Accountant’s Report for 2004
-
Budget Comparison, First Six Months
2005
-
Profit and Loss Comparison, First Six
Months 2005
-
Profit and Loss by Cost Centers, First
Six Months 2005
- Report of the Vice President – Meetings:
Jim Lyneis
- Update on 2005
- (Free scholarships offered from Oxford are being used
- 2006, and 2007
- 2008, and 2009
- Future conferences
- Report of the Vice President - Member and
Chapter Activities: Ginny Wiley
- Overview of active Chapters and Special Interest Groups
- New Chapters – Russia, Pakistan
- Chapter reports including total membership
- Reports from Chapters:
- Summary report to include total membership of Chapter
- Reiterate Policy concerning Chapters (Policy 8)
- Special Interest Group reports
- (Reports from SIG’s
- Education
- Environmental
Dynamics
- Health
Policy
- Security
- Business
- Potential Strategy SIG (Kim Warren)
- Potential Interest in Urban & Rural Development, Housing
issues SIG (Martijn Eskanaski)
- Potential Interest in Military SIG (Bjorn Bakken)
- SIG template proposal similar to the chapter proposal
- Clarification of role and operations of SIGs
- Resources to support Chapters.
- Report of the VP At Large: Bob Cavana
- Complimentary membership partnering with Wiley.
- Committee and other reports
- Nominating Committee: Graham Winch
- (Appointments to the committee
- Diversity Subcommittee: Deborah
Campbell and Peter Hovmand
- Dana Meadows Award Endowment Fund Campaign: John Sterman and
Roberta Spencer
- (Status Report and List of Donors
- Conference Scholarship Committee: Bob Eberlein
- (The year 2005 is
the first time that we will be offering conference scholarships.
- New Research Session Committee
- Awards Committee: John Morecroft
- (The Business Applications Award -
Due to be announced in 2006 with the intention of awarding it first in 2007.
- K-12 Award?
- Formalize process for deciding special awards (Authorize Nomination
Committee to consider and recommend individuals for receipt of special awards
like the life-time service, exceptional contribution type)
- Web Committee: Bob Eberlein
- Pressing Issues
- 2007 conference
site selection
- Revision of 2005 budget, charged by Administrative Committee
- Report on structure and roles of VPs and assistance/support
for VPs: Graham Winch
- Important Issues
- Investigating a professional development conference: Jim Thompson
- Alternative membership formats for K-12: Hazhir Rahmandad
/ Jeroen Stueben
- Program Guidelines, Integrate Conference Site and Program
Guidelines – deferred until after the Boston Conference, to 2006 Winter PC Meeting
- Conference Program Format Policy
- Discussion and Development Ideas
- Status on progress: Electronic Voting Bob Eberlein
- Opening / developing relationships with other Societies: UK
OR Society – Economic Dynamics Chapters. Having Chapters and SIGs share ideas
about what works to do outreach to other organizations/societies
- Effort to Create an Industry Standard for System Dynamics
Software and a Common Model Exchange Format (28FEB96)
- Future of the Field Model by Mike Radzicki to be included
on the website.
- E-voting on submission system - Bob Eberlein
- Timing of conference
- Redesign of web page, list of things a new user might find
helpful
- Single stream with training workshops
- Open sourcing
- Other Items
- Any other issues emerging following the Presidents’ Meeting
- Volunteers
- Adjournment
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