Environmental Dynamics: EDAM agenda; Award; Publishers

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Environmental Dynamics Update: 16 June 2003
NB: since most of the following issues seem relevant to the general System
Dynamics audience, this ED Update is also posted to the SDS listerv.

1. EDAM AGENDA: The agenda of the first Environmental Dynamics
Administrative Meeting (EDAM) is posted at the website of the ED SIG [
http://home.utad.pt/ed/sig ], under "Activities". Details are included.
Please, prepare your questions and/ or issues to raise.

2. ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS AWARD: As the issue is already on the EDAM agenda
(Section C), and is being prepared for presentation at the SDS PC meeting, I
would like to make a proposal to all and receive your feedback. NB: To
guarantee items (c) and (d) below are not empty, I make a personal pledge of
100 euro per year. Any other contributions (money or ideas)?

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(a) Name: Environmental Dynamics/ Sustainable Development award
(b) Administered by: the SDS (to be discussed)
(c) Funded by: various donors/ sponsors (to be defined)
(d) Award: money plus honorable mentions to the best contributions (# to be
defined)
(e) Outcomes: publication of the best works at the Environmental Dynamics
website system
(f) Objective: promotion of Sustainable Development at any scale through
System Dynamics/ System Thinking applications (i.e. development and
application of the Environmental Dynamics paradigm)
(g) Criterion: contribution index = {quality, outreach, innovation, work} -
to be defined better
(h) Committees: one for Nominations and one for Evaluation
(i) Periodicity: once per year (maybe at the SDS conference)
(j) Candidates: any system thinker/ practitioner
(k) Medium of expression: scientific articles, essays, system models,
artwork, books, etc.
(l) Content: case studies, applications, methodology, philosophy, etc.
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3. PUBLISHERS: I am beginning to receive responses from publishing houses,
regarding my proposal for the creation of a non-profit Sustainable
Development/ Environmental Dynamics division within their organizations. A
UK-based publisher has responded that they have forwarded the request to the
right person, while a NL-based publisher has come back with a
counter-proposal for a publishing partnership (to define) with the SDS. As
this issue, is also being prepared for presentation at the SDS PC meeting, I
would like to have some ideas from all interested parties - e.g. things to
look for, negotiation terms, etc.

Best regards,
Tasso
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