A Potential Vector

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A Potential Vector

• By IEEE Robotics Automation Society (RAS) at
  UT-Austin

RODENNOVATIONS
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Introduction

• RAS Robotics Automation Society
• Administration
• Funding
• Membership

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Administration

• Vector must be well managed and easy to
  collaborate for long term success.
• Online services help develop a product and share
  ideas on a voluntary student schedule.
• What programs do you suggest?

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Content Management and Photo Gallery

• Vector Template website
• Easy to manage stories
• Quick user/admin management
• RSS feeds to aggregate news
• RAS Photo Gallery
• Many different groups can upload photos
• You can quickly browse images and videos
• Demo RAS site http//ras.ece.utexas.edu/vector

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Trac Subversion

• Trac is a project management software solution
• Trac has a wiki interface for anyone to add
  content online and write quick tutorials
• Subversion is an online database for keeping the
  most updated copies of a variety of documents.
  Allowing merging and revision features
• Demo, http//ras.ece.utexas.edu/trac/igvc/wiki

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Mailman

• Allows users to quickly communicate with alumni,
  students, companies and core editors
• Mailing lists are the vital link to connecting
  student organizations to their organization
• Fact Stanford has just switched from Listserve
  to Mailman !
• Demo Mailman http//ras.ece.utexas.edu/mailman/lis
  tinfo

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Scribus

• Free, open source , Windows/Unix
• Desktop Publishing (DTP) application
• Has quality design tools on the level of
  QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign.
• Demo at the end Chris Flesher (MSEE)
• Scribus on Computer and http//www.scribus.net/

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Funding the Potential Vector

• Advertising
• EXPO and beyond ,
• University Funding
• Coop, SEC, Senate , SG
• Treasurer
• Subversion to keep Trac of transactions
• http//ras.ece.utexas.edu/trac/iarc1cvs/browser/tr
  unk

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Membership

• Core Editors
• Online Readers Electronic-News
• Website will be updated weekly if not more
• Mailing lists will quickly increase readers
• Physical Distribution
• 2 issues per semester, 8 pages per issue
• Keep Track of Distribution points on online
  database, update supply according to demand
• Google Earth Maps

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Alumni Faculty

• Sending out Newsletter with Friends of Alec,
  reaching more alumni
• Motivating Faculty to write brief articles about
  their research
• Enhances Quality of Vector

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Conclusion to A Potential Vector
Administration Funding Membership
RODENNOVATIONS
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Questions ?