Mike Kuhl, Vice President of the Society, called the meeting to order at 6:18 pm.

Each person at the meeting introduced themselves (name and affiliation).

Mike Kuhl gave the Vice President's report. He reviewed the simulation society sessions at the current meeting, then mentioned the upcoming INFORMS Practice meeting, which will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 29 – May 1, 2007.

Shane Henderson briefly described the INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop that will be held in Fontainebleau, just south of Paris, France July 5-7, 2007. He requested session/talk proposals be sent to one of the organizers. Mike Kuhl then described the upcoming INFORMS International meeting in Puerto Rico July 8-11, 2007.

Mike Kuhl then gave the Secretary's report for Nilay Argon. The society has about 525 members.

Seong-Hee Kim gave the Treasurer's report. The society is in very good financial health, partly because of a good WSC’05 return. (See below for details on this from Barry Nelson).

Journal reports were then given by Michael Fu (Management Science), Shane Henderson (Operations Research), Susan Sanchez (INFORMS Journal on Computing), and Jim Wilson (ACM TOMACS). In addition to general statistics on submissions, there were some news items. Susan Sanchez stated that David Kelton is stepping down as editor-in-chief of the INFORMS Journal of Computing, and that Enver Yucesan is joining as an associate editor. Jim Wilson said that ACM TOMACS should receive a decision on whether it will be included in ISI within the next 2 weeks, and he expected a positive outcome. He also reported that the special issue of TOMACS in honor of Perwez Shahabuddin should appear in April of 2007.

Leyuan Shi stated that there will be an outstanding publication award this year.

Barry Nelson gave an update on the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) 2006 as our liaison to the WSC board (with Doug Morrice). He advertised some key features of this year's conference. He explained that the WSC had reached a working capital target that ensures the financial security of the conference as of the 2005 conference. Any funds above that target were returned to the sponsoring societies. I-Sim received $8,500 of which $4,000 can be viewed as seed money that the society paid to WSC. WSC does not anticipate requesting seed money in the future.

Mike Kuhl gave an update for the Committees on Underrepresented Minorities and Women, and the PhD Colloquium at the WSC, for Theresa Roeder and Young-Jun Son, respectively. Corporate sponsorship is being sought. Michael Fu will address the colloquium participants this year at a complimentary lunch, which is sponsored by ACM/SIGSIM and there will be a student paper award.

Jim Wilson gave an update from the Communications Committee. The website will be overhauled in the next few months. The website has received approximately 50 hits per day over the last 9 months. Please send any suggestions for the website to Jim.

There were no reports from the Membership Committee. Doug Samuelson asked whether the society has any information on the number of under-represented minorities and women in the membership. This does not appear to be known.

Mike Kuhl gave an update on the Simulation Glossary Project. Steve Chick is looking for volunteers.

There was no other new business.

The meeting adjourned at 6:46pm.