Sport Analytics!
INFORMS spORts board roles are open for a two-year term (Feb 2024 - Jan 2026). Primary responsibilities of the board collectively include conference planning for the upcoming October annual meeting (this year, Seattle!) and charting the course for generating and promoting sport-affiliated research and creative activity within INFORMS. Open roles with a brief and general description are listed below. If you would like to run for one of the open roles,
send the role and a short paragraph vouching for your interest in the role (no more than 100 words) to
Dr. Liz Wanless (wanless@ohio.edu) by midnight, Wednesday, 2/7. Current spORts members will have the opportunity to vote from Thursday afternoon 2/8 to Monday 2/12. New officers will be announced Tuesday 2/13. We plan to meet that next week to change hands and prepare for Seattle.
Chairperson/President
(Set board goals, organize meetings, annual conference design including sessions, auxiliary speakers, and events)
Vice Chair/Vice President of Programs
(Organize and account for conference sessions)
Vice Chair/Vice President Research and Promotion
(Marketing and research dissemination/ Operate the X - formerly known as Twitter- account)
Secretary/Treasurer
(Accountable for meeting notes and tracking financial information - heavily involved in planning for the spORts social)
(Dr. Liz Wanless will continue to help the group in the Past-President role).
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Liz Wanless
Assistant Director of Analytics
Ohio University
Athens OH
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