ICA Political Communication Division Business Meeting Agenda 2012

Below you will find the Agenda for the 2012 Political Division Business Meeting for ICA in Phoenix, AZ


* WELCOME (Yariv Tsfati)
* Approval of the 2011 Business Meeting minutes

* Report from ICA Board of Directors meeting (Yariv Tsfati)
ACTION ITEMS
INFORMATION ITEMS
DISCUSSION ITEMS

* Report about the activities of the division (Yariv Tsfati)
Graduate student preconference update, co-sponsor of three conferences, the Kaid-Sanders fund established.

* Secretary/Treasurer report on division membership (Yariv for Susan Holmberg)

*Budget taskforce report and approval of the budget for FY 2012-2013(Yariv Tsfati)

*Ideas for new divisional award(s) (Yariv Tsfati and Claes de Vreese)

* Journal report: Political Communication (Patricia Moy for Shanto Iyengar)

* Joint Publications Committee report (Patricia Moy)

* Newsletter and website report: (Talia Stroud and blogger Maegan Stephens)

* Program Planner's report, travel grant and paper award winners (Claes de Vreese)

* 2011 Sanders-Kaid Political Communication Article of the Year Award (Keren Tenenboim Weinblatt for Scott Althaus)

* David Swanson Award (Steeve Reese)

* New business and announcements from the floor (if any)

* Passing of the gavel

* Off-site reception: directions and details

* ADJOURN