Subdivision Leadership Resources: Chapters/Student Chapters

Welcome to Volunteer Leadership Tools for chapters and student chapters! This page serves as a one-stop information center for chapter leaders, or any member who wishes to volunteer in a chapter. Here you'll find the forms, resources, and general information to get started.

Need more information? Please contact the INFORMS office for assistance.

Important Resources:

• INFORMS_Communication_Kit

• 2019 Officer Guide

• Chapters/Fora Officer webinar (great tool for "how to")

• INFORMS_Student Chapter Best Practices

• Chapter Model Bylaws 2017

• Student Chapter Model Bylaws

INFORMS Speaker Program

Are you seeking an introduction to better decision making? Would you like your colleagues to hear an O.R. luminary in one of the many fields to which operations researchers and analytics have made a lasting contribution? Or do you want to invite a speaker who can explain an advanced topic in operations research?

The INFORMS Speakers Program is designed to provide access to excellent speakers who are experts in operations research, analytics, and the management sciences.

Community Support

• Leadership Structure: Subdivision representation within INFORMS (Council and Committees)
• INFORMS Connect Communities: A member benefit -- communicate with your membership as a group

Things You Need to Know About INFORMS

• INFORMS Constitutions and Bylaws
• INFORMS Board of Directors

Elections

• Sample Call for Nominations (Chapters)
• Sample Election Notice (Chapters and Student Chapters)
• Sample Election Paper Ballot (Chapters and Student Chapters)
• Sample Online Election (Chapters and Student Chapters)