The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society is seeking applications for two cochairs of the Society’s Student Activities Committee (SAC), who will also serve a one year term. They will work together with the chair of the SAC.

The IEEE-RAS Student Activities Committee promotes student participation in the Society activities in cooperation with all Society Boards, Committees and Working Groups, especially with Membership Activities Board (MAB). The mission of the committee includes, for example, working on issues of interest to student members and interacting with student members.

The Co-chairs of this Committee is appointed from a slate of candidate Society student members recommended by the Membership Activities Board to serve a one-year term.

The Student Activities Chair shall also be a member of the RAS Member Activities Board. Candidates may be undergraduate or graduate students, but must be student members of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in good standing.

If you wish to be considered for nomination for chair, please send the following to the Vice-President-Elect for Member Activities, Prof. Alicia Casals, at alicia.casals@upc.edu :

1. A letter indicating why you are interested in serving as Student Activities Chair 2. A copy of your CV or resumé, and 3. A letter of support from a faculty member at your college or university who is a member of IEEE RAS.

All applications are due by November 30, 2008

There are three students on the committee - chair and two new co-chairs which we are recruiting for.

The student activity committee cochairs assist the chair of the Student Activity committee, who is also a voting member of the RAS Administrative Committee (AdCom), the governing body of the society to 1. Determine and make the AdCom aware of concerns of students

2. Work with the chairs of RAS Student Branch Chapters to encourage their active participation in activities which will benefit their members' technical, professional and educational goals

3. Plan activities at RAS major conferences to enable students from different countries become acquainted and active in RAS

The student activity committee was responsible for creating the RAS wiki, the jobs board, and organizing a student party at ICRA 2008.

This group is a subset of the member activities board currently headed by alicia casals. We get to interact with the rest of the RAS administrative committee. Most of the initiates are put forth by the student but members of the committee email us with thoughts from time to time. We also work with the local conference committee, which changes where-ever the conference is held, to plan events. The work does spike around the conferences since that is when we are putting in new proposals and executing ones with funding. I send out a fair amount of emails informing the chairs of activities and writing proposals. It's not too large of a time commitment ( a couple hours a month), but I am very active in trying to get this committee off the ground.

We are looking to be proactive and make the student activities committee more active. It requires a few hours of work a month with a heavier load before and during the conferences since that is when we propose new initiatives and execute several activities. It is what you make of it. I am very active since it's an honor to be in this position and I want to best serve the student's needs.

I was a member of RAS but I had not done anything on the administrative side prior to this.

A student who submits a strong letter and a nomination from a professor at his university will be much more likely to be appointed. If you sign into your RAS web account you can search the RAS directory by city and possibly locate a professor you know well enough to request a nomination.

This committee was formed in 2006 as an initiative by the RAS Adcom to represent a student voice. As part of the Member Activities board, the student activities board consists of a chair who serves a two year position and 2 cochairs who serve one year positions. Goals of the SAC is to represent students in robotics worldwide.

The chair serves on both MAB and is a voting member of AdCom. These meetings occur twice a year and are held at IROS and ICRA ec.

* Chair: Carol Reiley 2009

• Cochair: TBA
• Cochair: TBA

* Chair: Carol Reiley 2008

• Cochair: Elena Gribovskaya (cochair) 2008
• Cochair: Phil Roan (cochair) 2008

* Chair: Surya Singh 2006-2008 (first)