Dear colleagues,
We are currently in the process of accepting nominations for the INFORMS Section on Location Analysis (SOLA) Board.
About SOLA: SOLA's mission is to promote the development of analytical methods, techniques and tools in the tradition of operations research/management science (OR/MS) as applied to the study of facility location. "Facility location" is defined as the choice of location(s) for entities at which services are provided in order to optimize measures of efficiency and possibly equity and effectiveness, subject to resource constraints and institutional considerations.
Facility location has natural links to a variety of other OR/MS application areas, including health services, environment and natural resources, transportation and logistics, production and inventory management and urban and public affairs. Facility location has natural links to many OR/MS methodological areas as well, including mathematical programming, multi-criteria decision models, economics and stochastic modeling. Therefore, SOLA attempts whenever possible to strengthen links between the section and other INFORMS subdivisions whose interests overlap the application areas and methods listed above.
SOLA Board Nominations: We request your nominations, including self-nominations, for the following officer positions by August 4th. All positions are for a two-year term.
- Executive Vice President: The Executive Vice President shall be the principal assistant administrative officer of the Section and shall act as President in the absence of the President. The Executive Vice President is responsible for organizing the Section's programs at meetings of INFORMS and other professional societies and conducts the election of officers and Board members for the Section. The Executive Vice President will be the presumptive nominee for the office of President of the Section after their term of office as Executive Vice President.
- Secretary: The secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Section, keep the minutes and records of the Section, maintain contact with the Institute and other facility location-oriented organizations, receive reports of activities from those Section Committees that may be established, make arrangements for the regular meetings of the Board and the membership meetings of the Section and make arrangements for the orderly transfer of all the Section's records to the Secretary succeeding them. The Secretary will maintain an electronic mailing list of all members of the Section and manage a website with links to listings of all members of the Section, the INFORMS website and other sites as necessary.
- Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be responsible for the administration and disbursement of the Section funds as directed by the Section Board, prepare and distribute reports of the financial condition of the Section, help prepare the annual budget of the Section for submission to the Institute, and make arrangements for the orderly transfer of all the Section's records to the Treasurer succeeding them.
- At-Large Board Member: Responsibilities of At-Large Board Members serving on award committees, helping shape the future of SOLA, building connections with other INFORMS sections, societies, and flora, and proposing/leading initiatives to strengthen the SOLA community.
- Student Liaison: Positions for two student liaison members are available for election this year. Student Liaisons should be current students or recent graduates who will assist in promoting SOLA among students and developing new initiatives to increase the benefit of SOLA among student members.
To nominate yourself or a colleague: Please email SOLA Vice President Dr. Kayse Lee Maass (k.maass@northeastern.edu) with the (1) name (2) email address and (3) desired position of the nominee. If you are nominating yourself, please also include a (4) short bio/statement of your interest in the position and (5) a photo. If you are nominating someone else, Dr. Maass will reach out to the nominee to gather the bio and photo.
Please note that anyone nominated should have an active SOLA membership.
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Kayse Lee Maass
Assistant Professor
Northeastern University
k.maass@northeastern.edu------------------------------