Minutes for Business Meeting
Intercultural/Development Communication
May 26, 2003
San Diego, California
1. Wiseman convened the meeting at 5:15 pm.
2. Minutes from previous meeting approved.
3. The Intercultural and Development Communication Division of ICA has approximately
566 members as of April 2003, equivalent to around 10% of the association's
membership. It vies with Organizational Communication and Communication and
Technology for second place in division size, after Mass Communication.
4. The Intercultural Communication specialization received 64 competitive papers
and seven panel proposals. A total of 44 papers (69%) and 4 panel proposals
(57%) were recommended for programming. For the International Communication
and the Development Communication specializations, a total of 72 competitive
papers and 10 panel proposals were received, and 42 competitive papers (58%)
and 8 panel proposals (80%) were recommended for programming.
5. Our annual budget is $1857. A total of $800 was spent on awards. Administrative
costs (e.g., mailing, printing) were $241.61. Thus, a total of $815.39 should
be carried over to next year's budget.
6. The division's new chair is Karin Wilkins, from the University of Texas at
Austin. The division chose a new vice-chair. Consistent with our by-laws and
the policy of alternating vice-chairs between intercultural and international/development
communication, the new vice-chair's background is intercultural communication.
The vice-chair-elect is Min-Sun Kim from the University of Hawaii, Manoa. She
will serve as vice-chair for two years and then resume the chairship for another
two years.
7. Jody Waters was recognized for her work with students.
8. From the Board report:
a. membership fees will increase next year
b. future conferences will be in New Orleans (2004) and NYC (2005)
c. the Board approved a new interest group: Intergroup Communication
d. ICA has gained NGO status. Ted Turner donates $10,000 for international communication
research proposals
e. the ICA newsletter is available on-line now; however the number of hits is
decreasing and the Board wants to know why
f. Cindy Gallois presented a proposal for a Journal of Cross-National Communication
and would want feedback from IDC
g. the Board wants feedback from division members on the electronic submission
process
h. in response to a question by Bella Mody, the Board would want Karin Wilkins,
the new IDC president to be involved with the committee reviewing proposals
for the UN collaboration
9. Report by Karin Wilkins, the new IDC chair: she will try to get involved
with the UN collaborative project; she will get involved with the process of
evaluating the electronic submission process; and she will form a nominating
committee for the position of Secretary.
10. Announcements:
a. Global Fusion Conference will be held in Austin this year
b. Job announcement in California State Polytechnic University
11. The meeting was adjourned at 6:00pm.
