Operations Research Society of New Zealand
Reigistered Charitable Entity CC40246
www.orsnz.org.nz
Operations
Research Society of
New Zealand
Reigistered Charitable Entity CC40246
www.orsnz.org.nz
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The Operations Research Society of New Zealand is a nationwide not-for-profit body comprising academics and public servants, consultants and people in industry. It currently has over 150 members within New Zealand and is affiliated to APORS, IFORS and the Royal Society of NZ. In 2008, David Ryan was presented with an IFORS certificate (larger image) celebrating 50 years of IFORS.
The primary aim of the Society is to promote Operations Research and Management Science in New Zealand in both academic and industrial aspects.
To read the latest news about Operations Research and Management Science in New Zealand look at the ORSNZ Newsletter.
To read the latest from Operations Research and Management Science in the United States look at OR/MS Today
If you are seeking a particular OR/MS journal issue then look at OR/MS library holdings in New Zealand institutions.
The Constitution states that: "The Council shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, an Honorary Secretary, and an Honorary Treasurer and six other members. In addition, not more than five members may be co-opted annually by the Council. ... The members of the Council shall retire annually but shall be available for re-election."
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Secretary |
Treasurer |
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Council (Industry
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| Auckland
Branch Chair auckland@orsnz.org.nz Golbon Zakeri |
Christchurch
Branch Chair christchurch@orsnz.org.nz Grant Read |
Wellington
Branch Chair wellington@orsnz.org.nz Mark Johnston |
Waikato Branch Chair John Buchanan |
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Fill out the application form and post it, with payment. to:
Membership Secretary
ORSNZ
PO Box 6544
Wellesley Street
Auckland 1141
New Zealand
Contact the branch chairs above if you wish to give a presentation or organise an OR activity in Auckland, Wellington or Canterbury
The 2001 conference paper guidelines are available for download in Word format. (The
2000
conference paper guidelines are also available for download.)
A sample LaTeX file from 1998 is
also
available.
The ORSNZ conference rotates around the NZ universities in the sequence
Auckland
(2002), Hamilton (2003), Wellington (2004) and Christchurch (2005). (Council
resolution
July 2001). This sequence was broken in 2004 for a joint
conference, and to allow our 2005 40th year celebration to occur in our
birthplace, Wellington (home of the old DSIR). The 2007 conference was
not held in Hamilton at their request, but instead in Auckland.
History
The ORSNZ was founded in 1965 by staff at the Applied Maths Division of
the DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research), a
government department based primarily in Wellington. We have a
small
collection of
historic photos which were collected as part of our 2005 40th
anniversary in Wellington, including:
1/ George Dantzig (Stanford Optimisation Lab) cutting our 21st
anniversary cake, Aug-1985, with Bruce Benseman (President?), [jpg] and
2/ Jerry Brown (Naval Post-Grad College, Monterey), invited conference
speaker, Aug-1987, again with Bruce Benseman. [jpg]
The comments for the following pictures
were provided
by Vicky Mabin (Jan 2008). These pictures featured in a picture quizz
held in 2005 at the 40th anniversary of the ORSNZ.
1
APORS delegates,
ORSA/TIMS Conference, Gold Coast: Tony Vignaux, Hugh Barr, Vicky Mabin.
2. 1999
Waikato
conference: Hans Daellenbach and Michael Rothkopf - Keynote
Speakers. Hans did a brilliant futuristic piece for his address, the
conference theme was OR in the new millennium.
3.
Canterbury
Conference, 1992?
4.
??
5.
2001, Canterbury OR
Dept 30th Anniversary Re-union including John George (and wife), Hans
Daellenbach, Anne Spence/Wein and Larry Wein, Vicky Mabin, John
Raffensperger, Ed Silver?, John Giffin, Victoria Coad, Nick Winter?,
Jenny George, Don McNickle.
6. Bruce
Benseman and George
Dantzig, August 1985, ORSNZ 21st birthday celebrations, organised
partly by Vicky Mabin (especially the cake!) Don't be misled
by
the fact that we had our 40th in 2005 - we missed a conference in 1997
due to APORS in Melbourne that year.
7. Joint
conference with
NZPICS in Wellington, 1991, organised by Vicky Mabin (President of
ORSNZ, Chair of Wgtn Chapter of NZPICS, and Conference Chair).
8.
Waikato? The
speaker with Les looks like Saul Gass?
(Thanks to Bruce and John Hayes, Vicky Mabin, Karen Garner, and others I'm sure, for contributing these pictures.)
Logo: Lester Brian reports "The logo was selected from a competition by art students (from where? – perhaps Wellington?). I remember laying the entries out over the floor at more than one meeting." (Email 26/11/2007)
Newsletter
The newsletter editor is Matthias Ehrgott, who can be contacted at newsletter@orsnz.org.nz.
The
latest and past
issues can be found here.
Young Practitioner Prize:
The ORSNZ has regular Young Practitioner Prizes to encourage students
and practitioners in OR. Click here
for more details, including a list of these prize
winners.
Hans Daellenbach Prize:
The ORSNZ also awards the Hans Daellenbach Prize to distinguished
contributors in Operations
Research. Click here for more details
on the nomination process and a list of
past prize
winners.
The ORSNZ invites nominations for ORSNZ honorary visiting
lecturers
to visit New Zealand between September and June each year. Each
visiting lecturer is invited to give a talk on some topic likely to be
of general interest to ORSNZ members at at least three of Auckland,
Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch. Each visiting lecturer will be
invited to write a guest editorial for the society newsletter. The
ORSNZ contributes to the costs up to a maximum of $1000 plus GST (if
any) per visitor. Each candidate must be nominated by a current member
of ORSNZ, "the champion". The nomination must include the CV of the
nominated visiting lecturer, the date and location of the hosts of the
visit, the name of the champion and an undertaking by the champion to
coordinate a visit by the nominee to three or more of the above named
centres. Enquiries concerning, or nominations for, lectureships should
be sent to president@orsnz... The closing date for nominations is the
end of April. Information on past visitors can be found here.
APORS Young Scholar and National Paper
In association with IFORS (International Federation of OR Societies),
the ORSNZ provides support for a young scholar to attend the APORS
(Asia Pacific OR Societies) annual conference. Click here for more
details.
Invited Speakers at the Annual Japanese OR Society
Conference
For a few years, the Japanese OR Society sponsored one invited speaker
each year to speak at an APORS
session in its annual conference. Click here for
more details.
Official Documents:
Constitution
View our 2009
constitution (dated 10 March 2009) (.doc)
with changes
(.doc)
introduced
by
the
amendment
of 20 April 2009 (.doc)
and
discussed
in
the
January
2009 newsletter. This version supercedes our 2008
consitution. We
also have available the Aug
1990
Amendment (introducing honorary life memberships), Jan 1991
Constitution (ConJan91.doc),
Dec 1991
Amendment (not-for-profit changes, collective members rights,
sexist language), Feb
1992
Constitution (ConFeb92.doc),
April 1993
amendment (ConVote1.doc)
(financial year ending June, conduct of members), April 1993
Constitution (as
filed) (ConJun93.doc)
the Dec
2000 amendment (.doc)
and
voting
result (Mar 2001 newsletter,
p19), the Feb 2001
consitution (.doc)
(which was
never filed with the Companies Office), and the Jan 2008
constitution (.doc)
(being
the delayed filing
of the 2001 version). Most of these Word files are
the old originals!
Registration as an
Incorporated Society
The ORSNZ is an incorporated society, number 216850, at the NZ Companies office.
The 2009
constitution changed our name from the Operational Research
Society of NZ to the Operations Research Society of NZ. This is shown
in our updated Certificate
of
Incorporation from the Companies Office (which replaces our
earlier
2007 Certificate
of
Incorporation). We were first incorporated on 24 May 1965.
We file annual accounts each year. There is some useful information for registered societies at http://www.societies.govt.nz/, including some useful forms and options for uploading reports and updating information.
Not GST
Registered
On 10 June 2010, we deregistered for GST. (We were previously
registered for GST under GST number 55-449-481.)
Registration as a Charity and IRD Donee
Organisation Status
In
May 1992, we were approved by IRD (confirmation
letter,
25 Feb 2008) as a non-profit organisation for the purposes of
income tax.
In April 2009, we were registered as a Charity by the Charities Commission, with registration number CC40246; view the Charities Commission Registration certificate. (This supercedes and extends our non-profit status.) IRD (IRD letter, 25 May 2009) have confirmed that tax credits and deductions can be claimed for donations to the ORSNZ.
Registration with the Charities Commission means we need to:
• send an Annual Return to the Commission each year. Our first Annual
Return is due before 31 December 2009.
• notify the Commission of changes to the name, address for service,
balance date, rules, purposes or officers no later than three months
after the effective date of the change.
General Documents & Forms:
You
can view our
past
council members, or
check out the secretarial
duties.
View Overseas
Visitors
Visa
Instructions.
Download our reimbursement form;
please complete this and email it to the
treasurer (treasurer@...) with any claims for reimbursement.
Documenting our Processes:
The following files document our processes.
Branch Chair's Role
Presidential
Processes
Secretarial Processes
Treasurer
Processes
Official Companies
Office
Information
Conference Organisation
Newsletter
Processes
We also have a list of the secretarial duties (pdf)
from 1992 and
an old ORSNZ
Processes seed document from 11/2001.
ORSNZ Annual General Meetings and Annual Reports:
1997 AGM : Minutes
1997.pdf Accounts
1996/97.pdf Treasurer
Report
1996/97.pdf (Aug 1997,
APORS, Sydney)
1998 AGM : Minutes
1998.pdf Accounts
1997/98.pdf Treasurer
Report
1997/98.pdf (Aug 1998,
Auckland University)
1999 AGM: Minutes
1999.pdf Accounts
1998/99.pdf Treasurer
Report
1998/99.pdf (Dec 1999,
Waikato University)
2000 AGM: Minutes
2000.pdf Accounts
1999/00.pdf Treasurer
Report
1999/00.pdf (Dec 2000,
Victoria University)
2001 AGM: Minutes Accounts 2000/01 Treasurer
Report President's
Report 2002
budget (Dec 2001, Canterbury
University)
2002 AGM: Minutes Accounts
2001/02 Reports
2003 budget (Dec 2002,
Auckland University)
2003 AGM: Minutes Accounts
2002/03 Reports 2004 budget (Nov 2003,
Waikato University)
2004 AGM: Minutes Accounts 2003/04 Reports (Nov 2004,
University of Auckland)
2005 AGM: Minutes Accounts 2004/05 Reports (Dec 2005,
Victoria University of Wellington)
2006 AGM: Nominations
for
Council Minutes
Accounts 2005/06
Reports (Nov 2006,
University of Canterbury)
2007 AGM: Notice
of AGM Nominations
for
Council Minutes
Accounts 2006/07
Reports (Nov 2007,
University of Auckland)
2008 AGM: Notice
of AGM Nominations
for
Council Minutes
Accounts
2007/08 Reports
(Nov 2008, Victoria University of Wellington)
2009 AGM: Notice
of AGM Nominations
for
Council Minutes
Accounts
2008/09 Reports
(Dec 2009, Canterbury University, Christchurch)
2010 AGM: Notice
of AGM Nominations
for
Council Minutes Accounts
2009/10 Reports
(Nov 2010, Universityof Auckland)
ORSNZ
Council
Documents:
Minutes of
the Council Meeting
of 5 July 2001 at the University of Waikato, Hamilton
Minutes of
the Council Meeting
of 16 Nov 2001 at the University of Waikato, Hamilton
Minutes
of the Council Meeting
of 30 Nov 2001 at the conference in the Engineering School,
Canterbury
Minutes of
the Council Meeting
of 5 Nov 2002 at the University of Waikato, Hamilton
Minutes of
the Council Meeting
of 29 Nov 2002 at the Annual Conference, University of
Auckland
Minutes of
the Council Meeting
of 21 Nov 2003 at the Annual Conference, Waikato University
Minutes of
the Council Meeting
of 28 Nov 2004 at the Annual Conference, University of
Auckland
Minutes of
the Council Meeting of 2 Dec 2005 at the Annual Conference,
Victoria University of Wellington
Minutes of
the Council Meeting of 30 Nov 2006 at the Annual Conference,
University of Canterbury
Minutes of the
Council Meeting of February 2007 held via email.
Agenda and
Minutes of the
Council Meeting of 29 Nov 2007 at the Annual Conference,
University of Auckland
Minutes of
the
Council Meeting of 3 July 2008 at the University of Auckland, and
various subsequent email resolutions.
Minutes of
the
Council Meeting of 24 Nov 2008 at Victoria University.
Minutes of
the
Council Meeting of 3 Dec 2009 at the Annual Conference,
University of Canterbury.
Minutes of
the Council Meeting of 2010 at the Annual Conference, University of
Auckland.
Links to Members:
List of Members giving affiliation, Email
and WWW home page addresses.
Links to Other Societies:
Royal Society of New
Zealand
ASOR
(Australian Society
of OR)
IFORS (International
Federation of OR
Societies)
INFORMS (Institute for
Operations
Research and the
Management Sciences)
OR Society of
Singapore
Links to NZ OR Groups:
University
of
Auckland
-
Engineering
Science,
Operations
Research
Group
University of
Auckland -
Information Systems and Operations Management
Victoria University of
Wellington -
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
Victoria University of
Wellington -
Victoria Management School
University of
Canterbury -
Department of
Management
University
of Waikato -
Department of Management Systems
Massey
University - Department of
Mathematics
Feedback on our Web pages should be sent to webmaster@orsnz.org.nz. General inquiries can be sent to:
ORSNZ
PO Box 6544
Wellesley Street
Auckland 1141
New Zealand
(We had an old address of c/- Department of Management Systems,
Private Bag 3105,
Hamilton. Please
update your records with the new address.)
OPERATIONS RESEARCH SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND
