Financial Activities Report

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Financial Activities Report

• San Francisco, CA
• October 16, 2005Xiaoping Yun
• Treasurer
• Tony Maciejewski
• VP for Finance

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Summary of Income and Expenses(All numbers in
1,000)
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Periodicals Income and Exp Summary
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Summary of Income and Exp
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Financial Analysis of Proposal 1

• International Technology Roadmap for Robotics and
  Automation (ITRRA) , proposed by Sukhan Lee
• Support period 2006-2007 (two years)
• Total amount of support requested 21,000
• Financial impact no other foreseeable
  income/expense impact other than 21,000.
• Summary of FAB discussions There are robotic
  technology roadmaps from Japan and other
  countries already. It is unclear as how the
  proposed effort might integrate various existing
  roadmaps and how RAS will benefit from it.

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Financial Analysis of Proposal 2

• Standards Activities in Service Robotics and
  Intelligent Robotics, proposed by Sukhan Lee and
  Erwin Prassler
• Support period 2006-2007 (two years)
• Total amount of support requested 20,000
• Financial impact no other foreseeable
  income/expense impact other than 20,000.
• Summary of FAB discussions IEEE has Standards
  Board Service Robotics is a very broad topic to
  establish useful standards Recommend that RAS
  support Sukhan/Erwins travel to interact with
  IEEE Standards Board to establish special
  interest group(s).

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Financial Analysis of Proposal 3

• Development and Operation Plan for Restructuring
  the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Web
  Services , proposed by Stefano Stramigioli and
  Paolo Fiorini
• Support period 2006-2007 (two years)
• Amount of support requested
• 9,000 26,000 in 2006
• 35,000 in 2007
• Financial impact In addition to 70,000 in
  2006/2007, there will be yearly maintenance cost.
  
• Summary of FAB discussions There is a clear need
  to make RAS web site more professional. What is
  the best way to accomplish it requires more
  deliberation.

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Financial Analysis of Proposal 4

• Camp on Rescue Robotics, proposed by Daniele
  Nardi, Univ. La Sapienza, Italy
• Support period Oct 29-Nov 2, 2005
• Amount of support requested 10,000
• Recommendation of FAB discussions do not
  support it.

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FAB Proposal

• Background Currently, there is no standing
  travel budget for officers and so requests need
  to be approved individually prior to travel.
  This frequently causes delays that result in
  higher airline ticket prices. (Note that all
  travel would still be subject to approval prior
  to reimbursement when expense reports are filed.)
• Motion To allocate a budget of 2,500 for each
  Vice President and the President-Elect per year
  for travel to IEEE related meetings.

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Principles for Use of RAS Funds

• Funds that have been allocated by the RAS AdCom
  representmaximum allowable expenditures. Funds
  must only be usedfor approved items in the
  original budget and any funds not expended for
  those items returned to the RAS.
• In cases where additional funds are solicited
  fromexternal parties, e.g., industry, by members
  of RAS for the support of RAS functions, these
  funds are to be expended first, prior to using
  any RAS allocated funds, and only forbudgeted
  items. If external funds exceed the amount
  needed, the use of the excess must be approved by
  RAS based on the intent of the sponsor.