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Motion 108, Winter Policy Council E-Meeting March 2012

The 2012 Winter Policy Council Meeting

Motions considered and acted upon during the electronic process
as of Monday March 12 15:15:23 2012

Source: https://systemdynamics.org/cgi-bin/sdsweb

Motion 101: Subject: Temporary Appointment of PC Member due to vacancy

Proposed by: Rogelio Oliva, Seconded by: David Ford
Voting open date: 2011.10.08 Voting close date: 2011.10.18

Formal Motion: I move that the Policy Council approve the appointment of Florian Kapmeier for the temporary appointment of one year (January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 partial term) to serve as PC Member. Current PC Member Kim Warren (original term 2010-2012) will assume the position of President Elect on January 1, 2012 creating a PC Member opening.
Notes on supporting material: The Nominating Committee is pleased to nominate Florian Kapmeier to serve as PC Member.

Motion 101 Passed (Y:20/N:0/A:0/NV:4)

Motion 102: Subject: Nominations to fill out the Publications Committee

Proposed by: George Richardson, Seconded by: Kim Warren
Voting open date: 2011.11.07 Voting close date: 2011.11.15

Formal Motion: As Vice President for Publications, I am forwarding to the Policy Council my nominations for terms on the 
Publications Committee. I move that the Policy Council affirm these appointments:
* Susan Howick, University of Strathclyde, to fill out the final year of the term of Rogelio Oliva, and to fill a
three-year term of her own, 2013, 2014, 2015. 
* Edward Anderson, University of Texas, to fill a three-year term, 2012, 2013, 2014. 
Notes on supporting material: The full three-person Publications Committee will now consist of these two plus Etiënne Rouwette,
Radboud University Nijmegen, finishing his three-year term 2011, 2012, 2013.

Motion 102 Passed (Y:19/N:0/A:1/NV:4)

Motion 104: Subject: Proposal Biomedical SIG

Proposed by: Etiënne Rouwette, Seconded by: Burcu Tan Erciyes
Voting open date: 2012.01.19 Voting close date: 2012.01.29

Formal Motion: This motion proposes to recognize the Biomedical SD SIG.
Notes on supporting material: Supporting material is the Constitution of the Biomedical System Dynamics Special Interest Group (BMSD SIG)

Motion 104 Passed (Y:21/N:0/A:1/NV:2)

Motion 105: Subject: Minutes Approval of Summer PC Meeting, Washington, DC 2011

Proposed by: David Ford, Seconded by: Peter Hovmand
Voting open date: 2012.02.18 Voting close date: 2012.02.28

Formal Motion: That the minutes of the 2011 Policy Council Meeting in Washington, DC be accepted as posted on the Society web site.
Notes on supporting material: Notes on supporting material: Minutes can be found at: https://systemdynamics.org/PolicyCouncil/2011/summer/index.html

Motion 105 Passed (Y:21/N:0/A:3/NV:0)

Motion 106: Subject: Slate of Candidates to take office on January 1, 2013

Proposed by: David Ford, Seconded by: Ignacio Martinez-Moyano
Voting open date: 2012.02.18 Voting close date: 2012.02.28

Formal Motion: The Policy Council is asked to recognize and accept the SLATE OF CANDIDATES TO TAKE OFFICE ON JANUARY 1, 2013: President-�Elect: Edward G. Anderson, Secretary: Bradley Morrison (re-appoint), VP Meetings: Len Malczynski, PC 1: Elise Weaver, PC 2: Paulo Goncalves, PC 3: Inge Bleijenbergh, PC 4: Timothy Taylor
Notes on supporting material: Please see full report: Oliva, Rogelio “Nominations Committee Activity Report and Proposed Slate of Candidates”

Motion 106 Passed (Y:22/N:0/A:1/NV:1)

Motion 107: Subject: Approval of Org&Bylaws Committee member appointed by President

Proposed by: J. Bradley Morrison, Seconded by: Leonard Malczynski
Voting open date: 2012.02.18 Voting close date: 2012.02.28

Formal Motion: Approve the reappointment and respective term for Roberta Spencer to continue on the Organization and Bylaws Committee (Standing Commitee) with the term of 2012-2014.
Notes on supporting material: This committee’s vacancy was overlooked at the time of the Summer PC Meeting.

Motion 107 Passed (Y:23/N:0/A:0/NV:1)

Motion 108: Subject: Motion to define term limits for awards selection subcommittees

Proposed by: J. Bradley Morrison, Seconded by: David Ford
Voting open date: 2012.02.18 Voting close date: 2012.02.28
Formal Motion: The Award Committee recommends that award selection subcommittees member’s terms be fixed at five years, with a normally two-term maximum. The terms should initially be staggered to assure continuity. At the outset the award selection subcommittee chairs should be charged with the responsibility of preparing a schedule of staggered terms.

Motion 108 Passed (Y:24/N:0/A:0/NV:0)

Motion 109: Subject: Revision of Bylaws

Proposed by: J. Bradley Morrison, Seconded by: Robert Eberlein
Voting open date: 2012.02.18 Voting close date: 2012.02.28

Formal Motion: Move that the Policy Council recommend to the membership that the revision to the bylaws as embodied in the document Bylaws-DraftFeb10-2012.doc be adopted. The revisions will be circulated to the membership in March, discussed at the General Business meeting in St Gallen, Switzerland in July, voted on by the membership electronically in September and formally adopted in December if that vote passes.
Notes on supporting material: The supporting document Bylaws-DraftFeb10-2012.doc contains the full text of a proposed set of bylaws. See the “Supporting” link under: Eberlein, Robert- Report of the Organization and Bylaws Committee

Motion 109 Passed (Y:23/N:0/A:0/NV:1)

 

END OF MOTIONS, 2012 Winter Policy Council Meeting

Brad Morrison, Secretary

NOTE: For details on motions see the Minutes of Policy Council Meetings on the Governance page of the Society web site

System Dynamics Society

pc_votes revised: 03/12/12.