I'm deleted to announce that Ron Rice has been elected President of the International COmmunication Association. He takes office at the 5/05 AGM in NYC, and serves as program chair for the ICA's 2006 Dresden conference. That I'm sending this announcement to three lists gives some indication of the breadth -- and immense productivity -- of Ron's work. Although a thoroughgoing communications guy, his work has been informed by sociology and by social network analysis. I remember when I edited Connections (the social networks informal journal) 20+ years ago, we were filled with abstracts of Ron's work as a grad student (with the late Ev Rogers) and then as a faculty member. The productivity has continued unabated, and the wisdom has only increased. Ron recently moved to an endowed chair in Communication at the U of Cal. Santa Barbara. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________