Bylaws

Bylaws

During the 2014 GDN Section Business Meeting held in Tolouse, the final draft of the GDN Section Bylaws were unanimously approved by all present members. Following this approval the Bylaws were submitted to INFORMS for final approval.


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During the GDN Section Business Meeting held in Stockholm, the first draft of the GDN Section Bylaws were unanimously approved by all present members. Following this approval the Section Officers and the Advisory Board received several comments which were discussed and changes made in the draft.

Please review the revised draft of the Bylaws and let me know if you have any comments by June 1. Your comments will be distributed to all members of Board. as well as appended  to the draft document.

The Bylaws draft will be presented to the Section members at our Business Meeting held during our 14th GDN Conference in Toulouse (June 10-13, 2014). We plan to hold a vote on adopting these Bylaws during this meeting.

Gregory Kersten

gregory-AT-jmsb.concordia.ca


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Gregory Kersten, Vice-Chair, presented the proposed GDN Section Bylaws (draft, May 11, 2013 available below) at the Business Meeting during the GDN 2013 Conference in Stockholm. Following the discussion of the draft Bylaws, Colin Eden moved and Dan Druckman seconded that the proposed Bylaws be accepted as presented and without any changes. The vote was taken and all members present at the Business Meeting unanimously accepted the new Bylaws.

The Bylaws are now submitted for discussion by the GDN members. The deadline for submitting amendments and suggesting other changes is April 1, 2014. Any suggested amendments will be inserted into the draft and posted on the GDN Section web site on the first day of the month and until the deadline.

The final draft will be posted on May 1, 2014 and it will be submitted for discussion at the Business Meeting during the GDN 2014 Conference in Toulouse (June 10-13, 2014).

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Draft of the GDN Section Bylaws (May 11, 2013) discussed at the meeting in Stockholm on June 19th can be downloaded below:


Following the process formulated in the current Bylaws, the draft will be discussed at the GDN Section business meeting, which will take place during the GDN Conference in Stockholm on June 19th. If the final draft is approved by the majority of members present, then comments and suggestions will be used to revise the draft and prepare the proposed new Bylaws. Then, the document will be distributed in April 2014 and submitted for voting at the business meeting during the GDN Conference in Toulouse, which is scheduled for June 2014.

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The GDN Section Bylaws (April 17, 1995) can be downloaded below: