IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Spring Meeting Series

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RAS Spring Meeting Series
Nominations Committee Report

• Barcelona, April 23, 2005
• Spring AdCom Meeting

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Summary

• Part 1 The AdCom members nomination process
• Part 2 The President-elect nomination process

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RAS Spring Meeting Series
Part 1 The AdCom members nomination process
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Nominations Committee Composition (2004-5)

• Paolo Dario, Chair (Junior Past President)
• Henrik Christensen
• John Hollerbach
• David Orin (AdCom Member)
• Shinichi Yuta

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Nominations Committee

• Part 1. Standing Rules on Nominations
• 1.1. General rules
• By May 31 each year a Call For Nominations shall
  be distributed to AdCom members, published on the
  Magazine and also posted at the RAS website.
• The Call has been prepared. delivered to Roz
  Snyder and it will be also disseminated to ALL
  RAS members through the RAS e-newsletter.
• Nominations shall be submitted to the Nomination
  Chair. Nominators (or self nominations) should
  indicate the position the nominee is seeking and
  the nominees agreement to serve if elected.
• Deadline for Nominations August 15, 2005.
• The Nominations Committee members will also
  proactively solicit self-nominations of qualified
  RAS members to ensure geographical distribution
  and an adequate number of candidates/nominees

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Nominations Committee

• New AdCom members to be elected in 2005
• (from the RAS Standing Rules) ..By May 31 each
  year, the Secretary, with the concurrence of the
  AdCom, shall define the number of AdCom members
  to be elected from each RAS Geographical Area
  with respect to the vacancies and to the residual
  composition of the incumbent AdCom..
• AdCom vacancies for 2005 elections are SIX
• TWO members to be elected at large
• TWO from Americas
• ONE from EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa)
• ONE from Asia and Pacific

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Nominations Committee

• Proposed transition from previous to new AdCom
  composition (the assumption being that ALL
  current AdCom members can be considered as
  elected at large)
• end 2004  elect 2 at-large, 1 from Americas, 1
  from Europe, 2 from Asia   new status  14
  at-large, 1 America, 1 Europe, 2 Asia end
  2005  elect 2 at-large, 2 from Americas, 1
  Europe, 1 Asia   new status  10 at-large, 3
  America, 2 Europe, 3 Asia end 2006  elect 2
  at-large, 1 America, 2 Europe, 1 Asia   new
  status  6 at-large, 4 America, 4 Europe, 4 Asia

(Excerpt from 2004 Fall AdCom Meeting minutes)
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Nominations Committee

• New AdCom members to be elected in 2005
• .Three groups of candidates shall be nominated.
  Each group shall be composed of a slate of
  candidates from each of the three RAS
  Geographical Areas
• Each slate of candidates from each of the three
  RAS Geographical Areas shall be composed of at
  least two more nominees than the number of
  vacancies
• All RAS members will receive the same ballot
  displaying separately the three sub-groups
  candidates in alphabetical order. For each
  candidate the regional membership shall be also
  specified on the ballot aside the name.

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AdCom members Nominations process

• Including petitions, a minimum of 12 and a
  maximum of 18 nominees will appear on the ballot
• Ballots to be sent to RAS members BY SEPTEMBER
  15, 2005
• Election results expected by the end of
  November/beginning of December

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RAS Fall Meeting Series
Part 2 New President-elect nomination process
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Nominations Committee

• New President-elect to be elected at the 2005
  Fall AdCom Meeting

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Nominations Committee

• Standing Rules on Nominations
• Nominees will be considered by the
  Nominations Committee in consultation with the
  Advisory Committee. A slate of candidates will be
  announced prior to the elections. At least two
  candidates for the President-Elect office shall
  be nominated. The Candidates issue written
  position statements which shall be distributed to
  AdCom members before voting..
• ..Nominations can be made from the floor, but it
  is discouraged. If last minute nominations are
  contemplated, nominators are advised to inform
  the Nominations Chair in advance.
• .Each candidate will be allowed to make a short
  oral presentation before voting. In case the
  candidate is absent for some acceptable reason,
  such as illness, a colleague can make the
  presentation on his/her behalf.

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Advisory Committee

• Five immediate Past Presidents
• Paolo Dario, Chair
• Steve Hsia
• Toshio Fukuda
• George Bekey
• T. J. Tarn

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President-elect nominations process

• Nominations and self-nominations will be
  proactively solicited by the Nomination Committee
  
• Deadline September 15, 2005
• The Nominations Committee will screen the
  applications and will vote electronically
• The 3 most voted candidates will be nominated,
  provided that they reached a majority (3 votes)
• Candidates will be asked to prepare a written
  statement to be circulated in advance to voting
  AdCom members