Long Range Planning Committee Report

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Long Range Planning Committee Report
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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

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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

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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

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Planning Areas

• Electronic Services
• Need person to lead investigations
• Member Services (Papanikolopouos)
• Mentoring young faculty
• Public awareness
• International associations
• Surveys (Hamel)
• Recommend make LRPC the home for society surveys