Board of Representatives Meeting

1. Board of Representatives Meeting Administrative Committee (2010-2012)Report for 2010 Melbourne, Australia July 12th (and 14th if needed)

2. 1. Welcome to the new members Iran IORS 2009 Uruguay IORUA 2009 Peru SOPIOS 2010 Estonia EstORS 2011 next member Nepal ORSN

3. 2. President’s Report Dominique de Werra IFORS President

4. IFORS Regional Groupings APORS The Association of Asia Pacific Operational Research Societies within IFORS EURO The Association of European Operational Research Societies within IFORS ALIO Associacion Latino-Ibero Americana de Investigacion Operativa NORAM The Association of North American Operations Research Societies within IFORS

5. Some of IFORS Objectives Promote the development of Operational Research (OR) worldwide, both in methodology and practice. Link the member societies and regional groupings.

6. IFORS, the Global OR Community Present Priorities                                        Education Technical Publications, Communication Scholarships Developing Countries Regional Activities (ALIO, APORS, EURO,  NORAM)    Conferences, IDL and and IIT

7. 2010-2012 IFORS Administrative Committee President –Dominique de Werra The new Rolex Learning Center at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland)

8. Reorganization Hans Ittmann (Newsletter) replaced by Elise del Rosario David Smith (IAOR) replaced by Preston White Martine Labbé (EURO VP) replaced by Elena Fernandez

9. Immediate Past President - Elise del Rosario

10. Communication The Newsletter The Website

11. Communication-Related Initiatives Newsletter – Hans Ittmann (South Africa) Website Please visit our new website at http://ifors.org Download the September 2008 Newsletter

12. Vice President – Hugo Scolnik

13. Developing Countries Africa Network (collaboration with EURO) Teachers Workshops (collaboration with INFORMS) Regional Young Scholars’ Program (EURO,ALIO) The International Conference on OR in Development (ICORD) The IFORS Prize DC Committee Chair: Theo Stewart

14. Treasurer - Peter Bell

15. VP representing ALIO – Nair de Abreu

16. Education • IFORS education resources: • Worlwide access to educational materials • Young Scholars Program • Workshop for Teachers • IFORS Invited Tutorials

17. VP representing APORS- Xiangsun Zhang

18. VP representing EURO – Elena Fernandez

19. Publications Publication Committee Chair: Hugh Bradley Preston White Celso Ribeiro

20. VP representing NORAM- Karla Hoffman

21. Conferences and meetings IFORS 2014 in Barcelona, Spain General Chair: Elena Fernandez IFORS 2017 Call for proposals (regional diversity) IFORS Distinguished Lectures and IFORS Invited Tutorials

22. Secretary - Mary Magrogan The daily hunt for annual returns! The OR of OR or The Logistics of IFORS

23. 3. Administration Committee Reports

24. 3a. Treasurer’s Report Peter Bell

25. Treasurer’s Report

26. Treasurer’s Report

27. Treasurer’s Report

28. 3b. Conferences Karla Hoffman

29. IFORS 2011 Melbourne Great event: Over 1000 attendees Fun activities: tours, banquet, welcoming ceremony Thanks to: Patrick Tobin (General Chair) and entire organizing committee Janny Leung (Program Chair) and her entire program committee 3 plenary speakers: Sir James Mirrless Dr. Brenda Dietrich Dr. Daniel Ralph

30. IFORS 2014 Barcelona, Spain July, 2014 General Chair: Elena Fernandez Program Chair: Stefan Nickle

31. Barcelona 2014 New convention center Close to beach Easy transportation to city center Great program and social activities Help organize and attend!

32. … displays the characteristics of major Mediterranean cities. … is dynamic, open, and inviting.  … is a compact city with beautiful architecture, great cuisine, beaches and more... … traveling to Barcelona is easy with its international airport located only 15 minutes from the city.

34. Learn, enjoy, and be part of the great IFORS community Organize a session, give a talk and experience this great city! See you in Barcelona!

35. IFORS 2017: Need to choose location Bids due January 1, 2012; Expressions of intent must be forwarded to the IFORS Secretary Mary Magrogan (secretary@ifors.org) not later than September 30, 2011. Selection done by a three-month vote by the Representatives

36. 3c. PublicationsElena Fernandez Publication Committee Chair: Hugh Bradley Preston White Celso Ribeiro

37. International Abstracts in Operations Research Editor’s Report K. Preston White, Jr. July 2011 Melbourne, Australia

38. Editorial Transition Thanks David! David Smith retired (after 19 years!) in September 2010.. Transition exceptionally smooth (for me anyway!). 8/22/2014 IAOR Editor's Repot 38

39. By way of introduction Day job: Professor of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Other day job: On leave until August as Visiting Professor of Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, USA U.S. Editor of IAOR, 1985-2010 Active in the INFORMS Simulation Society and Winter Simulation Conference leadership 8/22/2014 IAOR Editor's Repot 39

40. New Cover Design by Palgrave with input from Hugh Bradley, David Smith, and Pres White 8/22/2014 IAOR Editor's Repot 40

41. New Editing Software and Production Schedule Version 2 of the Electronic Workbench live early April 2011 Significant improvements in both layout and speed. Getting caught up--issue 62.4 released to publisher last week Back on schedule by this fall and certainly before the end of the issue year 8/22/2014 IAOR Editor's Repot 41

42. Marketing Availability of online search capabilities with Google Scholar requires development of value proposition for IAOR Development of metrics for the quality of a literature search (to illustrate the additional lift from IAOR) Join this effort with your own cases 8/22/2014 IAOR Editor's Repot 42

43. An Invitation… Celebrate 50 years of International Abstracts in Operations Research at a reception Tuesday 12 July, 6.30-7.30pm Sotano, Hilton South Wharf All welcome