Aug. 23, 2005 INFORMS Membership Committee

AGENDA  Introductions  Purpose of Membership Committee  Brainstorming Session  House Keeping

e-Introductions

Membership Committee Members Richard Barr  Chair, Dept. of Engineering Management, Information and Systems, Southern Methodist University  Membership Committee Representative on INFORMS Student Affairs Committee John Neale  Director of Research, Optiant Inc.

Membership Committee Members Anne Robinson, Chair  Program Manager, Manufacturing Central Planning, Cisco Systems, Inc.  Member, Marketing Steering Committee,  Member, INFORMS Round Table Bala Shetty  Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Mays Business School, Texas A&M  Chair of INFORMS Recruiting and Placement Committee

Membership Committee Members Elise Miller-Hooks  Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland  Representative, INFORMS Subdivision Council  Member, Chapters/FORA Subcommittee  Secretary/Treasurer of the Transportation Science and Logistics Section of INFORMS

Membership Committee Members Jacquie Johns  Director of Finance and Member Services, INFORMS Barry List  Director of Marketing and Public Relations, INFORMS

Membership Committee Members Rick Rosenthal  Professor of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School  INFORMS Vice President – Membership and Professional Recognition Mike Rothkopf  Professor, Faculty of Management and Operations Research Center, Rutgers University  Past President, INFORMS  Former Vice President, TIMS

Purpose of Membership Committee (from the P&P)

Membership Committee 1.Develop Programs to Promote Membership (#s, not $) 2.Monitor Needs and Concerns of Members 3.Identify activities to increase member satisfaction 4.Oversee all member activities other than meetings, publications, subdivisions and awards.

Membership Committee Work Closely with:  Marketing Steering Committee  Student Affairs Committee  Subdivision Council

BRAINSTORMING

Membership Committee 1.Develop Programs to Promote Membership  How do we sustain/increase membership? Untapped groups?  Can we change the types of memberships offered? Pricing structures?  Review Membership Numbers

Membership Committee 2.Monitor Needs and Concerns of Members  What mechanism is in place to monitor needs and concerns?  Members satisfaction survey

Membership Committee 3.Identify activities to increase member satisfaction  Ideas?  Members Survey

Membership Committee 4.Oversee all member activities other than meetings, publications, subdivisions and awards.  Ideas?

Housekeeping

House Keeping Conference Call Times  Day: 2 nd Thursday of every month?  Time: 10:30AM PT? Annual Meeting  Going to New Orleans?  Time to Meet  Restaurant Suggestions?