News and Announcements.

The article presents information about various news and announcements related to operations research. The First General Meeting of International Federation of Operational Research Societies was held at Aix-en-Provence, France on 5 September 1960, it was attended by the official delegates of the member societies. The Secretary of the Federation, Charles Goodeve, reported that the First International Conference had yielded a surplus of nearly 1,000 pound, that the ten Member Societies had a combined membership of 4,243, that an application for membership had been received from the Operations Research Society of Japan, and that be would propose a levy for 1961 of five shillings per qualified member. The meeting considered three proposals. The meeting expressed approval of all three of these proposals and all three were later formally approved by a mail ballot. This ballot also formally approved the five-shilling levy for 1961 and the membership of the Operations Research Society of Japan effective January 1, 1961.