1. Long Range Planning Committee Report

2. Long Range Planning Committee
Membership
Dick Volz (Chair), George Bekey, Paolo Dario, Paolo Fiorini, Ken Goldberg, Bill Hamel, Katsu Ikeuchi, Makoto Kaneko, Suk Han Lee, Tony Maciejewski, Dave Orin, Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Roland Siegwart, T. J. Tarn, Junku Yuh

3. Strategy Develop plans in phase with IEEE Initiative funding cycle
Proposals due to IEEE in April of year before initiative begins
“Out of cycle” proposals possible in September/October of year before initiative
Thus, target having proposals by 4/1/05
Spend remainder of 2005 organizing approved activities

4. ICRA reviewing processes (Bekey) Conference Improvement (Lumelsky)
Planning Areas
ICRA reviewing processes (Bekey)
Conference Improvement (Lumelsky)
Educational Directions (Fiorini)
Electronic Services
Need person to lead investigations
Member Services (Papanikolopouos)
Surveys (Hamel)
Recommend make LRPC the home for society surveys