The online polls for the ICA 2007 election will open on Tuesday, September 4 and remain open until Monday, October 15. Members will elect a new President-Elect/Select, board members, and officers for most of the association's Divisions and Interest Groups via an online ballot, which is easy to use, expense-free, and has increased voter turnout every year since its introduction.

To access the ballot from the ICA website (www.icahdq.org), members will need their ICA login name and password. Members should make sure that ICA has their correct email address so that the association can send them 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. This year's candidates for the position are Teresa Thompson (U of Dayton) and Barbie Zelizer (U of Pennsylvania). Aldo Vasquez Rios (U de San Martín de Porres, Peru) and Jesus Arroyave (U del Norte, Colombia) are the candidates for a 3-year term as Board Member-at-Large (Americas). Members can also choose between Diana Nastasia (U of North Dakota) and Michele Khoo (Nanyang Technological U) for Student Board Member, a 2-year term.

Two proposed bylaw changes are up for decision by the membership as well: an elimination of Article VIII of the Bylaws, and a change to the election of fellows.

In addition, 12 of the 23 ICA Divisions and Special Interest Groups will have officer positions up for election, as indicated below.

2007 DIVISION AND INTEREST GROUP OFFICER CANDIDATES

DIVISION 4 - ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Vice Chair:    Larry D. Browning (U of Texas)
                        Janet Fulk (U of Southern California) 

DIVISION 5 - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Vice Chair:   Deborah Cai (U of Maryland)
                        Ling Chen (Hong Kong Baptist U)
Secretary:    Leeva Chung (U of San Diego)
                        Young-ok Yum (Kansas State U)

DIVISION 6 - POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Vice Chair:   Erik Bucy (Indiana U)
                       Yariv Tsfati (Haifa U)
Secretary:   Marcus Maurer (U of Mainz)
                       Andrew Rojecki (Northwestern U)

DIVISION 7 - INSTRUCTIONAL & DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATION
Vice Chair:  Moniek Buijzen (U of Amsterdam)
Secretary:   Sarah F. Rosaen (U of Michigan - Flint)
                       Laramie Taylor (U of California - Davis)

DIVISION 8 - HEALTH COMMUNICATION
Vice Chair:   Dale Brashers (U of Illinois)
                       Michael Cody (U of Southern California)

DIVISION 10 - COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Vice Chair: James Katz (Rutgers U)
                     Miriam Metzger (U of California - Santa Barbara)
                     Ran Wei (U of South Carolina)

DIVISION 11 - POPULAR COMMUNICATION
Vice Chair:    Paul Frosh (Hebrew U)
Secretary:     Katalin Lustyik (Ithaca College)
Webmaster: Jason Shim (Journal for Religious Pluralism and Society)

DIVISION 13 - FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP
Secretary:     Nancy Worthington (Quinnipiac U)

DIVISION 16 - VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Vice Chair: Susan O'Donnell (U of New Brunswick)
                     Luc Pauwels (U of Antwerp)
Secretary: Giorgia Aiello (U of Washington)
                     Mary Bock (U of Pennsylvania)
                     Esra Ozcan (Jacobs U Bremen)

DIVISION 17 - JOURNALISM STUDIES
Vice Chair: Frank Esser (U of Zurich)
                     Thorsten Quandt (Free U Berlin)

DIVISION 18 - GLOBAL COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL CHANGE
Vice Chair: Robert Huesca (Trinity U)
                     Anandam Kavoori (U of Georgia)
                     Silvio Waisbord (George Washington U)
Secretary: Veena Raman (U of California)
                     Richard Vincent (Indiana State U)
 
INTEREST GROUP 22 - GAME STUDIES
Secretary: Katharina-Maria Behr (Hamburg Media School)
                    Rene Weber (U of California - Santa Barbara)