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The Operational 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.
The primary aim of the Society is to promote Operational Research and Management Science in New Zealand in both academic and industrial aspects.
To read the latest news about Operational Research and Management Science in New Zealand look at the ORSNZ Newsletter.
To read the latest from Operational 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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| Auckland Branch Chair auckland@orsnz.org.nz Andy Philpott |
Christchurch Branch Chair christchurch@orsnz.org.nz Shane Dye |
Wellington Branch Chair wellington@orsnz.org.nz Mark Johnston |
(WebMaster) Andrew Mason |
Fill out the application form and post it, with payment. to:
Membership Secretary
ORSNZ
PO Box 6544
Wellesley Street
Auckland.
New Zealand
Contact the branch chairs above if you wish to give a presentation or organise an OR activity in Auckland, Wellington or Canterbury
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. You can view our certificate of
incorporation, dated 24-MAY-1965. 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 a list of
these prize
winners.
ORSNZ Visiting Lecturer Scholarships
The ORSNZ invites nominations for ORSNZ honorary visiting lecturers
for visits to New Zealand between September and June each year. Each
visiting lecturer must give a talk on some topic likely to be of
general interest to ORSNZ members 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 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 should be sent to
president@orsnz.org.nz. 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.
General Documents & Forms:
View our current 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!
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.
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)
*=coming soon
Registration Details:
The ORSNZ is an incorporated society, number 216850, at the NZ Companies office. Our certificate of
incorporation is dated 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. We are registered for GST under GST number 55-449-481. In
May 1992, we were approved by IRD (confirmation letter,
25 Feb 2008) as a non-profit organisation for the purposes of
income tax.
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
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.)
OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND
