RAS E-news

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society e-News

Volume 6, Number 1, January 2008

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Welcome to RASeNews, the IEEE RAS email newsletter. RASeNews is limited to short announcements of RAS Conferences, RAS society 'action items', breaking news, and time-sensitive issues. Send comments, queries and news items to r.g.snyder@ieee.org.

Contents

  1. IEEE RAS 2008 Initiatives: Deadline for Proposals Feb 15
  2. RAS AdCom Election Results
  3. 2008 Society Initiative Grants: Call for Applications
  4. Call for Nominations: IEEE and RAS Society Awards

1. IEEE RAS 2008 Initiatives: Deadline for Proposals Feb 15

There were formatting problems and an error in the announcement of the RAS 2008 Initiative Grants in the RAS enews mailed January 17. The Deadline for proposals is FEBRUARY 15, 2008. All proposals should be sent to the RAS Society Administrator r.g.snyder@ieee.org. All proposal swill be acknowleged.

2. RAS AdCom Election Results

Congratulations and thanks to the six new members of the Robotics and Automation Society Administrative Committee, who will serve a three year term 2008-10. The newly elected members are:

2007 was the first year RAS members had the opportunity to use electronic ballots. The result was that 1217 of the 1246 votes were cast via the web. More than twice as many RAS members voted in this adcom election as did in any of the past 5 years.

The 18 elected AdCom members serve staggered three year terms, and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. All members of graduate student grade or higher may vote. Members may vote for six candidates regardless of region.

3. 2008 Society Initiative Grants: Call for Applications

As a result of a new IEEE policy, the Robotics and Automation Society anticipates being able to use some of its 2008 budget to fund a modest number of initiatives that would benefit society members in general. We expect a maximum of $60,000 to be available to support initiatives. We hope to be able to fund several initiatives in the range of $5000 to $24900.

Members are invited to submit proposals for initiative to the RAS administrator Rosalyn Snyder r.g.snyder@ieee.org.

In accordance with our Business Plan, proposals will be reviewed by the following major Boards of the Society, which, except for EPSB, will be chaired by their respective vice presidents in 2008:

Proposals must identify the Board(s) which most closely represent(s) the type of activity proposed. The Boards will prioritize the requests and send them to the Financial Activities Board, which will review them and forward them to the AdCom, which will make the ultimate funding decisions.

Timeline:

February 15, 2008 – Deadline for proposal submission
March 15, 2008 – Funding decisions disseminated
November 30, 2008 – Final report due
November 30, 2008 – Deadline for invoice

Submission of Proposals

Proposals must be submitted as an attached PDF with a two page limit. Proposals must include, in the following order:

Several issues to consider:

All proposals and related questions should be directed to:
Rosalyn Graham Snyder
Administrator
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
http://www.ieee-ras.org
r.g.snyder@ieee.org
T +1 919 851 3603
F + 1 919 882 9734<./p>

Evaluation of Proposals

Priorities on which proposals will be preferred for funding will be conducted according to the following criteria:

Essential characteristics

High priority characteristics:

Other Issues:

The following must be included in/with the budgets of all proposals responding to RAS initiative competitions:

4. Call for Nominations: IEEE and RAS Society Awards

Nominations for the the following IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Awards are due March 1.

A description and list of previous recipients of each award is available on the RAS webpage at http://www.ieee-ras/member/awardsRAS.php. Nominators should use the appropriate Nomination Forms which are available on the RAS Secretary webpage, at http://www.ieee-ras.org/secretary/documents.php under "Volunteer Resources."

Please send the completed nominations form to the RAS Administrator at r.g.snyder@ieee.org.

Nominations for the IEEE Robotics Technical Field Award must be submitted to the IEEE by January 31. Please see http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/sums/robotaut.html for details and instructions for nominators.

Nominations for IEEE Fellow must be submitted to the IEEE by March 1. Please see http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/fellows/fellow_apps.html for applications and instructions. <./p>