Haptics-e Update, Oct. 9, 1997 The Governing Board has been approved by a voto of 27 to 0 ! If you have not yet voted or confirmed your willingness to serve on the Editorial board (see last message). Please do so now. John Hollerbach is hard at work building the important bridge to IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Anyone willing to work with John to set up a link to one of the Psychological or Biologically Relevant Societies? Susan Lederman, with help from Vincent Hayward, is busy drafting a governing consitition for the Journal. Please send any thoughts you might have in this area to her. I have written a draft policy on intellectual property. This is obviously of critical importance to the success of the Journal. It also represents a great opportunity to offer a better deal to authors and readers than is possible with printed journals. If you have any interest in this area PLEASE check the draft and send me comments as soon as possible (http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/CR/Haptics-e/IP.html). That's all for now. Thanks to all of you (and especially those mentioned above!) for your interest, support, and hard work. Blake If you have not already returned one: ======================================================= I approve the above composition of the Governing Board of Haptics-e ___ Yes ___ No I accept nomination to the Editorial Board of Haptics-e ___ Yes ___ No =======================================================