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The ICA Board of Directors meeting was held Thursday May 21, 2009 at the annual conference in Chicago. Highlights of the meeting are below. The full minutes are on the ICA website in the "Members Only" section.
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The budget for 2009-2010 fiscal year was approved. The ICA budget is available to members on the ICA website. The budget reflects the decision to have a deficit for the coming year in order to keep costs very low for members attending the Singapore conference.
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The board approved the election slate for the upcoming fall election. The candidates for President-Elect-Select: Larry Gross, U of Southern California, USA, and Karen Ross, U of Liverpool, UK; Candidates for Member-at-Large representing the Americas (except the USA): Becky Lentz, McGill U, Canada, and Evan Potter, U of Ottawa, Canada; Candidates for Student Representative: Yea-wen Chen, U of New Mexico, and Diana Nastasia, U of North Dakota. The election will be held in September, 2008.
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The board also approved the election of five new Fellows: Robert Craig, Youchi Ito, Michael Roloff, Dave Seibold, and Barbie Zelizer. They received their Fellows certificate at the ICA annual member meeting on Saturday, May 23.
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The board approved the Publication Committee recommendation of the appointment of James Katz as editor of Human Communication Research.
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ICA President Elect Barbie Zelizer presented her committee appointments for the coming year. The list is available on the ICA website.
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London was selected for the 2013 conference. The dates will be June 18-23. There was a recommendation that a panel be held at a future conference on site selection criteria and issues.
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