1. Member Activities Board (MAB) Committee Makoto Kaneko VP for MAB

2. Member Activities Board is responsible for all membership-related activities of the Society, and in particular for ensuring the growth of the membership of the Society and for paying special attention to the worldwide membership of the Society. Mission

3. Items: (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (3) Support for Chapter Activity (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (5) Student Activities Committee

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5. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (3) Support for Chapter Activity (2) Bundle Registration (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (5) Student Activities Committee

6. Registration for ICRA Bundle Registration for non member student at ICRA Joining RAS and IEEE at ICRA + Providing a reduced rate

7. Advanced Reg.Late Reg. MemberFeeFee’ Non-memberFee + $15Fee’+ $15 Non-member (Bundle) Fee + $25Fee’+ $25 Bundle Registration for Student at ICRA RAS subscription fee $11($21:actual cost), IEEE membership fee $15 ($30 annual fee) Non-member students can find with $16 discount.

8. Student Member 300 € Non-Member 315 € Bundle 325 € ICRA05 Registration Fees

9. Data from ICRA05 How many students took the bundle registration? 148 At 16:00 on Apr.22, 2005.

10. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (3) Support for Chapter Activity (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (5) Student Activities Committee

11. $10K per year for two years. Chapters can submit proposal with up to a $1K budget for support of technical activities, e.g. mini-symposium, or mini-WS. Five Proposals : ・ Control, Robotics and Cybernetics Chilean Chapter ・ R&A Chapter, IEEE Polish Section ・ CS/R&A Chapter - Queensland ・ R&A Japan Chapter ・ Middle East Technical University IEEE RAS Student Branch Chapter Support for Chapter Activities

12. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (3) Support for Chapter Activity (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (5) Student Activities Committee

13. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) IFRR – International Foundation of Robotics Research IEEE RAS - Robotics & Automation Society IEEE-RAS / IFRR School of Robotics Science (SRS)

14. Scientific Board IEEE-RAS: Ronald Arkin George Bekey Paolo Dario Ruediger Dillmann Makoto Kaneko David E. Orin IFRR: Henrik Christensen Shigeo Hirose Gerd Hirzinger Oussama Khatib Yoshihiko Nakamura Shree Nayar

15. SRS 2004 Organizer: Ronald Arkin and Henrik Christensen Attendance: 35 students Venue: Centro Studi Santa Maria Maddalena Accomodation: Hotel San Lino Fee: 1000$ (including luncheons and coffee- breaks) Local SRS Committee: Paolo Dario, Cecilia Laschi, Claudia Carnevali, Lisa Puzella Co-sponsored by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

16. SRS 2004 Lectures and hands-on lessons

17. SRS 2005 Lectures and hands-on lessons Plan (tentative) Organizers: Yoshihiko Nakamura and Marc Cutkosky Main Topics: Robot Design Location: Tokyo (Japan) Date: September 19-24, 2005 Support: $20K per year for three years

18. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (3) Support for Chapter Activity (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (5) Student Activities Committee

19. Student Chapter Rensselarer Polytechnic Inst. (USA) Central Florida University (USA) Dwarkadas J Sanghvi College of Engineering (INDIA) Middle East Technical University (TURKEY) Portland State University (USA) Univ. Texas – Austin (USA) Colorado State Chapter (USA) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greek) Universidad de Guanajuato (Mexico)

20. This Committee shall promote student participation in the Society activities in cooperation with all Society Boards, Committees and Working Groups. The Chair of this Committee shall be appointed from a slate of candidate Society student members recommended by the Membership Activities Board and by the AdCom to serve for a two-year term. The Chair of the Student Activities Standing Committee shall be an ex officio AdCom member with vote ----Bylaws Student Activities Committee

21. The first step: We look for a volunteer for the chair of Student Activities Board through all RAS channels, such as Web site, magazine, and newsletter. Decision Step for the Chair The second step: MAB select one of candidates applied for the position.