As most of you know, all ICA members renew on 1 October of each year. It is now 2 months past that date. If you still have not paid your dues for 2009 - 2010, we at the ICA offices hope that you plan to continue making us your professional home. We know you will find in ICA a great collection of resources, people, and resource materials. Please take a few moments now to go online and take advantage of our online dues payment process so that your membership benefits are not interrupted.
A simple click on this link - http://www.icahdq.org/index.asp - will take you to the login function, which then redirects you to your invoice. Click on the invoice number to view your detailed billing information; make changes to your sections if you wish and the balance due will automatically recalculate when you check out.
You will also notice that you have an opportunity to make a donation to ICA and some of its Divisions' funds. A donation is not required, but any bit of assistance towards these funds would be greatly appreciated. Please consider making a donation. Keep in mind that all transactions occur securely and in real time directly with our credit card processor's databank.
The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS), available to ICA members at a discounted rate, is also listed on the divisions invoice. CIOS is a database that supports full-text articles from ICA and other electronic databases.
While Divisions can be changed on your invoice, membership types cannot. Members wishing to change member type should email membership@icahdq.org. We make the change, reissue a new invoice and you will be able to log in and see it.
While you're at it, check your profile once you check out. You can update contact information, tell us which journals to ship to you and where. Remember, ICA is trying to be a greener organization; we ask that you select only those journals you actually use for your research. As an active member, you still have access to all five journals online. To date 555 of our 4,440 members have opted to access ALL their journals online! Others have chosen fewer than those offered.
Other quick notes: ICA awards submissions are now open. You can go online and nominate anyone you feel is worthy of a particular award. Be sure to check out all of the criteria prior to starting your submission process and have everything you need handy at the time of your nomination. You will not be able to return at a later date to complete a nomination, as we ask that all files be combined into one PDF file. If you are unable to do that on your own, there is an online utility that will assist you in that process as well. In the case of book awards, be sure to read the requirements regarding where samples should be shipped.
Also, there are several open preconference Calls For Submissions posted on our confeence web page: http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2010/index.asp. Each covers different aspects of the Singapore conference's theme, "Matters of Communication: Political, Cultural and Technological Challenges." We will also be posting information concerning travel to Singapore, airline and hotel information, and much, much more. Be sure to keep your eye on that page!
Lastly, there are some BIG changes coming to your website soon. As you may know, ICA is revamping their logo. Along with it will come a whole new design that will allow you to interact more easily with the website. That's all I will say for now.... As always, contact us at ICA if we can be of any assistance. We are here for you!
