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Decision Line Editor Vacancy Nominations are being solicited for the editorship of Decision Line for a four-year term of service to officially begin on January 1, 2011, renewable for another two years. A description of the position and the responsibilities of the editor are presented below. Decision Line is published five times per year with January, March, May, July, and October issues. It is the official news publication of the Decision Sciences Institute. It provides a channel through which members are informed of the activities of the Institute; it is a method of notification of administrative and organizational actions; and it provides an opportunity to call for papers for various meetings. It provides articles in areas of general interest to the members, including promoting innovation in teaching, research and scholarship, professional development, globalization, and interdisciplinary activities. It also includes annual meeting notes and details, briefs on placement activities, and recognizes achievement of individual members. The objectives of Decision Line are to: (1) serve as a means of communication among the members of the latest developments in the Institute; (2) serve as a formal notice of the Institute’s activities; (3) provide a forum for opinions, discussions, and philosophical statements regarding goals; (4) be a means of keeping abreast of the latest developments within the discipline; (5) be a research clearinghouse to encourage participation among members of unpublished research; (6) and cover news of a personal nature regarding the members, i.e., promotions, retirements, etc. The editor of Decision Line serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of the Institute for a four-year term and may be reappointed by the Board of Directors for an additional two-year term. The editor is responsible for the editorial content of Decision Line, subject to monitoring by the Publications Committee of the Institute. At present, in addition to informational news items, announcements, advertisements, and the regional news columns, Decision Line has a number of regular feature columns, including “President’s Letter,” “From the Editor,” “Deans’ Perspective,” “Doctoral Student Affairs,” “E-Commerce,” “From the Bookshelf,” “From the Regions,” “In the Classroom,” “Information Technology Issues,” “In the News,” “International Issues,” “Membership Roundtable,” “Production/Operations Management Issues,” and “Research Issues.” Articles published are not limited to these columns. From time to time, issues also carry Feature articles of general interests at the discretion of the Editor. The intent/objective of these columns is to provide a mechanism for exchanging information within the different functional areas of the decision sciences and to foster more interdisciplinary communication. These feature columns (and their feature editors) may be continued, discontinued, or replaced at the discretion of the new editor. A reminder notice is mailed to all feature editors and annual meeting coordinators by the publications coordinator. The notice informs them of the deadline for the upcoming issue and provides information for guest writers. All new items are submitted to the publications coordinator, who is responsible for proofing and assembling the articles into their final camera-ready form. Most of the editor’s duties center on handling article submissions from members, recruiting (and keeping) feature editors, writing the regular “From the Editor” feature article, and being available (by phone and e-mail) to the publications coordinator during the final proofing/assembling stages. All placement and book advertisements are handled by the home office executive director. However, each year the editor may be asked to formulate and submit recommendations for advertising rates to the Board of Directors of the Institute. The Institute provides no supplemental funding to the editor of Decision Line. However, expenses are minimal and consist primarily of postage, copying, and telephone expenses, which would probably be no more than $200 annually. Send nominations no later than August 15th, 2010, to Rhonda Lummus, Indiana University, rlummus@indiana.edu.
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The Board of Directors of the Decision Sciences Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Asoo Vakharia of the University of Florida as the next editor of the Decision Sciences Journal . Asoo has an extensive publication record and prior editorial experience including serving on the current editorial team of DSJ as associate editor. Asoo has a vision for the journal that would not only sustain DSJ 's quality but enhance it significantly in the coming years. The Board's decision to appoint Asoo Vakharia as the next editor of DSJ was unanimous. We wish him much success as he assumes this new leadership role in the Institute.