Atlanta, Georgia
December 9, 1997

The meeting was called to order at 5:20 PM by President Jeff Tew, who welcomed members and guests to the meeting.

Reports
John Charnes summarized the minutes from the Fall '97 meeting in Dallas and gave the treasurer's report. The details are in the Fall '97 newsletter. Mike Taaffe reported that we will sponsor 7 sessions at the Spring '98 INFORMS meeting in Montreal. He also called for sessions for the Fall '98 meeting in Seattle. Diane Bischak reported that the Newsletter was mailed out a month ago.

Sheldon Jacobson reported on the Outstanding Simulation Publication Award, won this year by George Fishman. Sheldon called for nominations for next year. Bruce Schmeiser was recognized as this year's Distinguished Service Award winner. The call for next year's nominations will be out soon. Steve Roberts, Gordon Clark, and Dave Goldsman called for nominations for the Lifetime Professional Achievement Award. The deadline is December 20.

Ann Dunkin recognized this year's winners of the Women and Underrepresented Minorities Committee. One winner, Lilian Afaro, could not attend this year because of a family emergency. She will be allowed to use her award next year, or to attend an INFORMS meeting. Harriett Nembhard will be chair of next year's committee.

David Kelton reported on the Simulation Area of the INFORMS Journal on Computing. Details are in the Fall '97 Newsletter. Pierre L'Ecuyer reported on the Simulation Area of Management Science. Details are in the Fall '97 Newsletter. Barry Nelson reported on the Simulation Area of Operations Research. Details are in the Fall '97 Newsletter. The journal now has a web site that contains appendices and other information related to the articles. See the INFORMS web site.

Barry Nelson reported on WSC'97. The participation of the Ph.D. Student Colloquium in the poster session was a success, and is a practice that should be continued. The Ph.D. Student Colloquium had approximately 50 people in attendance. Barry Nelson introduced Viatcheslav B. Melas from St. Petersburg State University, who described the Workshop on Simulation and Applied Statistics to be held 28 June through 3 July 1998. Workshop details can be found at the URL www.niimm.spb.su. Prof. Melas's e-mail address is Viatcheslav.Melas@pobox.spbu.ru. Mani Manivannan reported on WSC'98, which is to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington D.C., 13 through 16 December 1998. The theme will be "Simulation in the 21st Century." Various proposals have been made to publish more conference-related material on CD-ROM, and less in printed form. Some of these proposals were described and a lengthy discussion ensued. The WSC web site, www.wintersim.org, will contain updates on this issue, which was unresolved at the end of the discussion.

Old Business
Jeff Tew announced that dues have been raised to $7.50 for non-members, $6.00 for members, and $2.00 for students and retired members as per the vote of the attendees of the Spring'97 Business Meeting in San Diego. Russell Barton reported on the ad hoc committee on matters related to the College's World Wide Web page. The committee has a full report in the Fall '97 Newsletter. In brief, the committee recommends that the college appoint a Web Page Editor, as well as a Newsletter Editor. A discussion of the web page editor position took place. Will this be a volunteer effort, or a paid position? We don't pay anyone else to perform his or her college duties, so this one should also be voluntary. A motion was passed to split the monetary issue from the by-law changes included in the Fall '97 Newsletter report from the ad hoc committee on matters related to the college's web page. A motion was passed to accept the ad hoc committee's by-law changes. A motion was passed to allow the Web Page Editor established by the by-law changes to pay up to $150/month for expenses to maintain the web page. However, these funds cannot be used to pay for the Web Page Editor's services.

New Business
Mike Taaffe called for a show of hands to indicate approval for holding Sunday sessions at future INFORMS meetings. The results were approximately 50% for and 50% against. Jeff Tew called for nominations for college officers. A ballot will be included in the Spring '98 Newsletter. Sheldon Jacobson reported on the initiative to create corporate sponsorship of college activities. There was a short discussion of this issue. It will be put on the agenda for the Spring '98 meeting in Montreal. The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 PM.

Respectfully submitted by
John Charnes, Secretary/Treasurer.

Attendees:

• Viatcheslav B. Melas, St. Petersburg State University
• Steve Roberts, NC State
• Jim Wilson, NC State
• Robert G. Sargent, Syracuse University
• Ann Dunkin, Hewlett-Packard Co.
• Judith-Marie Pariss, NC State
• Alan Pritsker, Pritsker Corp.
• Don Gross, George Mason University
• Siggi Olafsson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Theodore (Ted) Allen, Ohio State University
• Marvin Nakayama , New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Halim Damerdji, North Carolina State University
• Susan Sanchez, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• Paul Sanchez, St. Louis University
• Frank Chance, Chance Industrial Solutions
• Michael Fu, University of Maryland
• Jeff Joines, NC State
• Deryl Hollick, Lockheed Martin
• Shane Henderson, University of Auckland-New Zealand
• Cem Karacol, Southern Illinois University
• Enver Yucesan, INSEAD
• Chun-Hung Chen, University of Pennsylvania
• Andrew Miner, College of William and Mary
• Laura Jackson, NC State
• Andres Medaglia, NC State
• John Hanten, Chevron
• Mani Manivannan, CNF Transportation
• Su-hsia Yang, Purdue University
• Jihong Jin, Purdue University
• Mike Swihart, Purdue University
• E. Jack Chen, University of Cincinnati
• David Kelton, University of Cincinnati
• Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Virginia
• Ken Bauer, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Lee Schruben, Cornell University
• Alexander Schonig, Siemens AG, Germany
• Pres White, University of Virginia
• Bob Shannon, Texas A&M University
• Barry L. Nelson, Northwestern University
• Chuck Reilly, University of Central Florida
• Jeffrey Goldmon, Cornell University
• Paul Hyden, Cornel University
• Mike Fresner, Cornell University
• Kyoo-Chul Shin, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Thomas J. Schriber, University of Michigan
• Peter Lorenz, University of Magdeburg
• Yun Bae Kim, Sung Kyun Kwan University-Korea
• Justin Boesel, Northwestern University
• Wheyming Tina Song, National Tsing Hua University
• Kevin L. Stamber, Purdue University
• Michael E. Kuhl, Louisiana State University
• Raymond R. Hill, Air Force Institute of Technology
• J. O. Miller, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Scott M. Fox, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Hans J. Petry, USAF/Air Mobility Command
• T. Glenn Bailey, Air Force Institute of Technology
• D. Withers, Dell Computer
• Bruce Schmeiser, Purdue University
• Vin DeMatteo, SNET
• Brian J. Jun, Biological & Popular Culture, Inc.
• James R. Swisher, Biological & Popular Culture, Inc.
• Douglas Morrice, University of Texas-Austin
• Sheldon H. Jacobson, Virginia Tech.
• Pierre L'Ecuyer, University of Montreal
• Joan Donohue, University of South Carolina
• Neal Bengtson, Barton College
• Connie Nott, Central Washington University
• Susumu Morito, Waseda University
• Keebom Kang, Naval Postgraduate School
• Andy Seila, University of Georgia
• Dean Hartley, Oak Ridge National Lab
• Russell Barton, Penn State
• Michael R. Taaffe, University of Minnesota
• John Charnes, University of Kansas