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Based on an address given at the April 1995 INFORMS meeting in Los Angeles, this paper's purpose is to suggest the opportunities that the Pacific Rim will bring to OR/MS and INFORMS. It first looks at the two important needs in the profession: to improve the scope of its communications with the public and to expand the context in which OR/MS work is done. After describing some of the radically unfamiliar and different conditions affecting enterprises on the Pacific Rim and suggesting their important challenges, the paper describes some influences acting to inhibit the free growth of the profession and its contributions to society. It closes by suggesting how meeting the challenges of the Pacific Rim cannot only help solve the problems this new context poses, but also help prepare the profession for its larger international future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the 84th annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists to be held from June 12 to 16, 2004 at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. Registration fee; Accommodations; Social programs of the meeting.

Presents an update on the developments in the field of forensic engineering as of December 1, 2003. Range of topics discussed in the December 2003 issue of the "Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities"; Release of two new American Society of Civil Engineers publications by the Technical Council on Forensic Engineering; Outcome of the Third Forensic Engineering Congress in San Diego, California.

Highlights the meeting of the American Meteorological Society's Sacramento, California chapter on September 27, 2000. Guest speaker; Topics discussed; Chapter plans for the rest of the fall season.

Reports on the meeting of American Society of Microbiology in Los Angeles, California on bacterial biocatalyst containing a chimeric gene as of July 18, 2000. Presentation of the genetic information by Enchira Biotechnology; Control of biocatalytic reaction in biodesulfurization of diesel fuel through the gene.

This article focuses on a special notice regarding the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, given by Melvin Tumin, President of the Society, and addressed to the members of the Society. The society's Annual Meetings will be held in the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, from August 27 to 29, 1967. The article also mentions the schedule of the meeting. Registration will be done on Saturday evening, August 26, and Sunday morning August 27. One or two major plenary sessions will be held on Sunday morning. Meetings of Special problem Committees will be held on Sunday evening. Monday will be a free day to permit members to attend the Section meetings of the American Sociological Association. Annual Business Meeting will be held in late afternoon of Monday. Full information about these, including titles and chairmen, and dates for submission of papers, had been sent to all members earlier in a special mailing. The article also presents contact details for making enquiries about these meetings.

Highlights the 54th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Santa Monica, California. Discussion of the validty of man's hand on the land; Provision of striking example of the transformation of land under human impact; Concern over physical-biological processes of creating regional differences.