Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences: Board of Directors and Editors for 2005

I’d like to begin my last President’s Message with a word of appreciation to the many I-Sim volunteers who have made my last two years so enjoyable and rewarding. Particular thanks to Steve Chick, Vice-President/President-Elect; Chun-Hung Chen, Treasurer; Shane Henderson, Secretary; to our Council members John Carson, Martha Centeno, Pres White and Enver Yücesan; and to Susan Sanchez, Past President. I am thankful for the great Newsletter work by Loo Hay Lee and his assistant, Seong-Hee Kim. The efforts of these folks are magnified many times over by the many other volunteers serving on the I-Sim Council and on our eight committees, listed on our web page. In addition, I thank the many people who support us in other ways that aren’t captured in these lists. I expect I’ll go through a bit of withdrawal as my current role in I-Sim ends. My involvement with I-Sim is not exactly ending, however. Jeff Tew, the person who asked me to serve as associate Newsletter editor in 1996, is general chair for WSC’07, and asked me to serve as program chair. So I’ll continue to call on ISim members to volunteer – just for different things.