IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 RAS Fall Meeting Series San Francisco, October 16, 2005 Fall AdCom Meeting Nominations Committee Report

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 Part 1: The procedure Part 2: The AdCom members nomination process Part 3: The President-elect nomination process Part 4: Elections Summary

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 RAS Fall Meeting Series Part 1 The procedure

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 Paolo Dario, Chair Henrik Christensen John Hollerbach David Orin (AdCom Member) Shin’ichi Yuta Nominations Committee Composition

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 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 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 nominee’s agreement to serve if elected. Internal deadline: August 15, Nominations Committee

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 RAS Fall Meeting Series AdCom Members

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 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 for Americas, ONE for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), and ONE for Asia and Pacific, plus TWO members to be elected at large. Nominations Committee

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 Transition from previous to new AdCom composition 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 Nominations Committee

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 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….” Nominations Committee

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 RAS Fall Meeting Series President-Elect RAS President-Elect to be elected at this Meeting for serving as RAS President for the term

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 Part 1. Standing Rules on Nominations 1.1. General rules ……Nominations shall be submitted to the Nominations Chair. Nominators (or self-nominations) should indicate the position the nominee is seeking and the nominee’s agreement to serve if elected. 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. Candidates issue written position statements which shall be distributed to AdCom members before voting. Nominations Committee

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 Part 1. Standing Rules on Nominations 1.2. Specific rules for the Nominations and Elections of the President-Elect and the Vice-Presidents-Elect President-Elect will be elected by secret ballot. Each candidate will be allowed to make a short oral presentation (5 minutes or less) 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. …………………….. 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. The voting members present will cast secret ballots, and a designated two- member Tally Committee will count the ballots. Nominations Committee

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 RAS Fall Meeting Series Part 2 New AdCom members nomination process

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 August 15: 4 petitions (Hashimoto, Kozlowski, Lumelsky, Stramigioli) submitted plus 2 self-nominations The Nomination Committee solicited 6 additional candidates from Americas; 6 from EMEA; 6 from Asia and Pacific 13 candidates were nominated in total for the 6 vacancies. Selection was based mainly on qualification and geographical distribution Eligibility has been checked by RAS Secretary and by IEEE AdCom members nominations process

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 Including petitions, a total of 13 nominees will appear on the ballot Ballots being mailed to RAS members BY OCTOBER 19 Election Due Date: NOVEMBER 30 Election results expected by DECEMBER 7 AdCom members nominations process

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 AREA 1. Americas - Nicholas Roy, US - Pierre Dupont, US - Vladimir Lumelsky, US - Kevin Lynch, US - Seth Hutchinson, Canada AdCom members nominations process

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 AREA 2. Europe, Middle East & Africa - Kristof Kozlowski, Poland - Paul Newman, UK - Aude Billard, Switzerland - Stefano Stramigioli, The Netherlands AdCom members nominations process

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 AREA 3. Asia & Pacific - Hideki Hashimoto, Japan - Katsushi Ikeuchi, Japan - Max Meng, China - Marcelo Ang, Singapore AdCom members nominations process

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 RAS Fall Meeting Series Part 3 President-Elect nomination process

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 Position of President-Elect announced and published on RAM One candidate nominated by members The Nomination Committee evaluated positively the above candidate and solicited one additional candidate The Nominations Chair consulted the Advisory Committee, that gave a positive evaluation of the two candidates, and suggested one additional candidate The additional candidate declined The Nomination Committee nominated two final candidates Statements circulated in advance President-Elect nomination process

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 RAS Fall Meeting Series San Francisco, October 16, 2005 AdCom Meeting President-Elect elections

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 President-elect candidates: 1. Alicia Casals 2. Bruno Siciliano President-Elect election Nominations from the floor?

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 President-Elect Election (original schedule) 1.Statement (5’) 2.Q&A (5’) 3.Closed Discussion (3’) 4.Repeat steps 1-3 for each candidate 5.Voting

IEEE Robotics and Automation SocietyRAS Fall Meeting Series Report San Francisco, October 16, 2005 President-Elect Election (revised schedule) 1.Statement (5’) 2.Q&A (5’) 3.Repeat steps 1-3 for each candidate 4.AdCom continues and informal discussion 5.Voting (in the afternoon)