On 1 September, ICA members will begin voting for association-wide and Division/Interest Group officers. As in years past, the vote will take place using an online-only ballot that is easy to use, expense free, and green. This form of balloting has generated increasingly high voter turnout since its introduction in the 2005 ICA elections.

Polls will remain open until 14 October.

To access the ballot from the ICA website (http://www.icahdq.org), members will need their ICA login name and password. MEMBERS: please make sure that ICA has your correct e-mail address so that the association can send you an announcement of the election and a link to the ballot. The ICA website allows you to personally verify, correct, and/or update the information.

The association-wide elections include the 1-year term for President-Elect. Candidates for the position in this election are Francois Heinderyckx (U Libre de Bruxelles) and Dafna Lemish (Southern Illinois U).

Members will also have the chance to elect two Board Members-at-Large. The first is for East Asia, a 3-year position; candidates for this seat are John Erni (Lingnan U, Hong Kong) and Jiro Takai (Nagoya U, Japan). UNESCO defines East Asia as including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan.

The other available position is Board Member-at-Large for West & South Asia. Candidates for the 3-year term are Hassan Abu Bakar (U of Utara, Malaysia) and Jonathan Cohen, (U of Haifa, Israel). UNESCO defines West & South Asia as including the Arab League, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.

The last of the association-wide ballots is for a 2-year term as Student Board Member: Rahul Mitra (Purdue U) and Kikuko Omori (U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).

Divisional candidates, along with statements for the presidential candidates, will appear in the September issue of the Newsletter. All other statements will appear on the ICA home page.