 | make the Executive Director a full-time position
develop an on-line preprint archive (like the Los Alamos physics archive)
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website with answers to frequently-asked questions plus bibliographic links
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online discussion to develop answers to difficult frequently-asked questions
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produce/compile/maintain Web resources to answer "What is system dynamics?"
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create a world-class website to introduce the world to the Society
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create a web repository of reviewed public domain models
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develop and maintain on-line library of published models
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put interfaces on general interest models with Web access to assist teaching
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set up booths at INFORMS and other academic conferences
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strengthen links with other methods and disciplines
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more outreach to mainstream societies in related fields, e.g., AOM, INFORMS
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promote linkages to the Systems Thinking community
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| create and maintain a web-based directory of members
cash prizes for best work by university students (undergrad, grad, Ph.D.)
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sponsor a student paper competition
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prize for best student paper presented at the annual conference
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yearly award for best masters and/or doctoral thesis
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college scholarships for high school students interested in the SD field
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scholarships for Ph.D. students
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travel and living expense supplements for Bergen exchange students
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greatly reduce student rates for our conferences
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greatly reduce student subscription rate for the SD Review
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support conference travel for students and junior faculty with low incomes
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develop "tried and true" curriculum materials for primary/secondary/college
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invest in advancing the teaching of SD in high schools
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compile teaching material
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yearly prize for best SD Review main article
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yearly prize for best SD article published outside the SD Review
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prize for best paper outside the SD Review on a SD application
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prize for best paper in SD Review of interest to readers outside the field
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prize for best SD application that solves real-world managerial problem
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prize for best paper connecting SD to related fields
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target specific topics for work/papers with annual awards plus publication
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increase the financial award given with the Forrester prize
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create yearly awards for the best SD consulting projects
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| sponsor "Seminars for Beginners" at the annual conference
subsidize conferences/meetings/workshops aimed at expanding the SD field
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publish methodology/technology reviews with critiques
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publish a collection of the best work every five years
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subsidize "ghost writers" for publication of best managerial applications
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fund George Richardson to write an intellectual biography of Jay Forrester
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sponsor a scholarly book series
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sponsor yearly publication of at least one book on specific SD topics
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develop new products/educational games (like beer game) for Society to sell
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license run-time software for search/display/print sent out with bibliography
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