The ICA membership staff reminds everyone that the membership year is from 1 October - 30 September of each year. This means that all memberships renew on 1 October each year. This is so even if you renewed your membership or joined at the ICA conference in Boston. If you have not done so, we encourage you renew your membership for the 2011-2012 term.

As you consider your ICA membership renewal, please allow us this opportunity to remind you of some of the many benefits that come with your membership:

• Free online access to Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Communication Theory, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Communication, Culture, and Critique-every issue dating back to the first issue of JoC in 1951!
• Ten issues per year of the ICA Newsletter, featuring timely articles; calls for publications and awards; announcements of conferences; commentary about the discipline and news of your colleagues; and listing of faculty openings and fellowships. You will also receive the Headline News, featuring quarterly printed synopses of the ICA Newsletter and highlights of important ICA events.
• The International Encyclopedia of Communication; Handbooks of Communication; our Theme Sessions Series, based on papers from the annual conference theme sessions; and finally, Communication Yearbook, featuring state-of-the-art literature reviews and articles providing comprehensive syntheses of literature are available to ICA members at a greatly reduced rate, As are A Guide to Publishing in Scholarly Communication Journals and the Communication in the Public Interest Series. 
• Discipline-specific publications that add value to your membership.
• Information and the opportunity to register for ICA's Annual Conference in Phoenix, 24-28 May 2012. Registration at reduced rates.
• With your ICA membership, you can opt to join the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS) at a discounted rate of $35.00 (USD) annually. CIOS is a not-for-profit organization facilitating the integration of information technology in the service of communication scholarship and pedagogy. It supports a wide range of databases, full text, and other electronic journals and services. Individual membership in the CIOS provides access to all CIOS services.
• 25 Divisions and Interest Groups that allow you to network with colleagues involved in research more specifically targeting your area of interest. This term we are introducing the Environmental Communication Interest Group.

ICA values your ideas and your membership. So be on the lookout for your e-mail reminder, which will be arriving soon. We hope that you will take just a few more minutes to renew your membership.

We appreciate your support. Thank you for being an ICA member! Best wishes for the coming year.