JUCA Minutes (Chicago, IL 2007)
JUCA 2007 Business Meeting Minutes: Sixth Annual Business Meeting of Japan-U.S. Communication Association
Date & Time: 3:30 – 4:45 p.m., Friday, November 16th, 2007
Place: PRD6, Palmer House in Chicago, IL
Co-Chairs: Koji Fuse and Jiro Takai
Minutes: Max Saito
Attendance: 19 Members in attendance
Old Business
I: Dr. Fuse called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
II: Approval of the San Antonio Minutes & Agenda
a. Both the minutes of San Antonio business meeting and agenda for the business meeting were approved.
III: Activity Report
a. Newsletter 2007 JUCA News (Volume 3/4, Issue 1) was made available, and the three paper sessions were announced: 1. Worldviews Presented in Japanese Media - chaired by Dr. Fuse and responded by Dr. Westbrook; 2. Japanese Worldviews in Interpersonal Context – chaired by Dr. Imahori and responded by Dr. Kawai; 3. Contrasting Japan-U.S. Worldviews – chaired by Dr. Okabe and responded by Dr. Miyahara.
New Business
III: Granting Top Student Paper Award and Top Faculty Award
a. The top student paper award recipients were: Mr. Yoichi Sato.
b. The top faculty award recipients were: Dr. Satashi Moriizumi and Dr. Jiro Takai.
IV: Election of New Officers:
a. President: Dr. Jiro Takai was nominated and approved unanimously.
b. Vice President: Dr. Paul Westbrook was nominated and approved unanimously.
c. Secretary: Dr. Max Saito was nominated and approved unanimously.
d. Student Representative: Mr. Masaki Matsunaga was nominated and approved unanimously.
e. Two members-at-large: Dr. Mariko Izumi and Dr. Shoko Hayashi
f. Other officers will continue to hold their current positions.
V: Report from All Academic
a. There were 19 submissions, and 14 papers were accepted: 74% acceptance rate.
b. There were 6 reviewers, and 3 reviewers were assigned for each paper.
c. The average score for the papers was 7.5 out of a maximum 10 points.
VI: Budget Report and Future Plan
a. It was agreed that the UCA will seek more donations.
b. Revisions of the JUCA Constitution were approved. Please see the attachment for the newly revised constitution.
VII: Plan for 2008 JUCA
a. A theme of animation was suggested and approved for 2008 JUCA sessions.
b. Extended abstracts will be accepted.
c. The following reviewers were suggested:
Dr. Ray Donahue
Dr. Todd Imahori
Dr. Rose Campbell
Dr. Shinobu Suzuki
Dr. Ed McDonald
VIII: Plan for Membership Promotion
a. It was agreed that the JUCA will collaborate with the NCA leadership and other units for promoting membership
b. The current membership is 120.
IX: Others
I. Mr. Tomoaki Unagami will maintain the mailing list and the web server will be based in Nagoya University.
Dr. Jiro Takai adjourned the meeting at 4:45 p.m.