As an OR novice, I’m very interested in getting to know more about my field. I regularly browse articles from the online version of the magazine OR/MS Today. I’m also on the lookout for resources, websites and blogs about OR.

Recently, the June 2008 edition of the Operations Research of the Philippines (ORSP) Newsletter was delivered to me via mail. I wasn’t able to attend the last Technical Forum of the ORSP so I was quite interested to read the newsletter. Among other things, it talked about real-world applications of OR and experiences of OR consultants. There’s also an announcement of a Technical Forum next month which focuses on OR education. As an OR graduate student, this is something I look forward to attending.

After reading the newsletter, I wondered if it also has an online version similar to OR/MS Today, so that more people could read it. I soon discovered that the official ORSP website is down and still being redesigned. I then decided to ask the ORSP through Ms. Carol Gica, the ORSP Secretariat, if I could host, at least temporarily, the latest edition of the newsletter. I’m fortunate because I was given the permission to do so. The newsletter is now available in the downloads section of this blog.