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Any membership association or society
with substantial interest and concerns with the study and
teaching of communication1 may apply for membership
in the Council of Communication Associations.
Application for membership should
be filed with the Executive Director not less than 30 days
prior to the meeting of the CCA Board of Directors at which
time the application is to be considered. The Board normally
meets in the fall and spring each year. The Executive Director
shall work with the applicant association or society to ensure
all necessary justification is submitted to the Board of Directors.
An applicant for membership should meet the following criteria:
• Be concerned primarily with research and teaching
of communication .A member association should have a substantial
proportion of researchers or teachers for its membership.
• Demonstrate that it has significant
and distinctive intellectual focus or interdisciplinary concern
beyond the purview of existing membership organizations.
• Be national or international,
rather than regional, in its memberships.
• Demonstrate strength of the
organization based upon the size of membership, length of
life, financial stability, and other clear evidence of durability.
• Be active, as demonstrated
by regular meetings, by promotion of teaching or research,
or by issuance of scholarly publication.
1 The term “communication
” is used here to encompass the breadth of definitions
articulated by the member organizations.
CCA
History
CCA was created following several years
of informal gatherings of officers of various communication
associations to discuss common concerns and issues in the
field. Plans for a new organization of communication associations/societies
began in earnest during a meeting in August 1995. Following
two planning meetings, a Constitution was formally adopted
in August 1996. The first meeting of the Board of Directors
took place in January 1997.
CCA
Minutes
Minutes of recent
CCA meetings are available on this site, without appendices.
Appendices are available from the CCA Executive Director.
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