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Figure 6. Venkat Krovi.

Figure 7. Nancy Amato.

Figure 8. Lianqing Liu.

and administrative activities under-
taken by our Society. These activities
include working with IEEE staff for the
operational disbursement of approved
funds to support various RAS initia-
tives. Among these initiatives are
1) monitoring the financial impact of
approved motions of the AdCom in
relation to budget constraints
2) working with other VPs to collect
financial data and efficiently deploy
technical activities
3) working with the FAB VP to forecast
and prepare our Society's annual
budget
4) reporting on the financial status of
the Society during our ICRA and
IROS meetings.
Nancy Amato (Figure 7) is a Regents
Professor and Unocal Professor of
Computer Science and Engineering at
Texas A&M University, College Station.

In January 2019, she will join the
Department of Computer Science at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-
paign as department head. She is VP of
member activities and heads the Mem-
ber Activities Board (MAB), which is
responsible for member services and
membership-related activities. Cur-
rently, the MAB is focused on improv-
ing existing programs such as the
Society's Distinguished Lecturer pro-
gram and institutionalizing successful
new efforts such as the Life Members
Committee, the Access to Talent data-
base, and the Career Fair program.
Lianqing Liu (Figure 8) is a profes-
sor at the Shenyang Institute of Auto-
mation, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, and VP of technical activities.
The Technical Activities Board (TAB)
focuses on the research content of our
Society, tracking technical develop-

ments and encouraging innovation in
applications, theory, models, metrics,
experiments, architectures, products,
initiatives, and other technical areas.
TAB members work together for
many goals, including the growth and
expansion of robotics and automation
into new areas, thereby preparing our
Society for the future. Additional goals
are to enhance member benefits and
promote technical leadership and ser-
vice obligations.
As you can see, a Society like ours
must fulfill numerous duties to provide
the best service to our members. We
have a great team working in many rele-
vant areas to make your experiences as
member of the RAS as fruitful as you
expect them to be. If you see opportuni-
ties for further improving the member
experience, please do not hesitate to
contact us or simply get involved.

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