The CEA Forum 
 
 
Notes from Ronald Nelson, New CEA Treasurer 
 
Updated August 9, 1999!
As newly elected treasurer of the CEA,  I' d like to thank Bill Sullivan and Earl Wilcox for their knowledgeable and gracious assistance in helping me to become more familiar with the operations of the organization. Although I have much to learn about my new responsibilities, I shall work hard to fulfill them.

We shall be sending out membership forms late in August. Unfortunately, it has been necessary to raise one-year dues as follows:

Two-year memberships are as follows: Institutional ($30 for one year, $54 for two years) and life membership fees remain the same:
  This minimal rate increase (generally, $5) should provide financial stability to the organization and ensure the prompt payment of bills and the timely delivery of the CEA Critic, as well as the fulfillment of the various obligations of the organization.

 If I can be of service to you as treasurer, please contact me by e-mail at nelsonrj@jmu.edu or by phone ([540] 568-3755 or 568-6202) or by FAX ([540]568-2983).

Or if you'd like to talk dogs (I have five wonderful ones), juggling, New Orleans jazz, Stephen Crane, Mona Van Duyn, Billy Collins, Peter Taylor, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Joseph Conrad, or Richard Selzer, please give me a buzz. Also I do a column for the IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter entitled "Masters of Style."  I'm regularly looking for superb writers in the fields of medical writing, business writing, government writing (there are some), and science writing. If you have ideas that you'd like to share, please contact me.