ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

The organizing committee of the Institute of Management, Business and Law and personally Irina Nikolaevna Rozina for the organization and management of the RCA conference in Rostov-on-Don in May, 2004.

Professor Olga Pavlovna Kryukova for organizing the Russian-American Communication Summer School, Russian State Social University, July, 2004.

Professor Barnett Pearce, one of the main developers of the Cооrdinated Management of Meaning Theory, for his long-distance participation in the Rostov Conference (including his video presentation for Russian participants, as well as willingness to respond to online Q&A session after the conference in May 2004.

Professors Joseph Dailey and Alan Lerstrom, the directors of the NCA Institute for Faculty Development for supporting RCA participants in August 2004.

Professor Nancy Jackson for her active contribution in creating the communication library in Volgograd and Rostov-on-Don in 2003 and 2004.

Professor Frank Dance for communication literature selected for RCA library in June 2004.

Professor Michael Hazen for organizing the RCA sessions at the NCA convention in Chicago, November 2004.

Victor Ivanovich Shakhovsky asked to resign from the RCA. In accordance with the RCA Constitution, he is recognized as an Honored Member of the RCA. The RCA would like to thank him for his contribution in promoting the RCA in the field of social sciences, as a member of the Coordination Committee, the Head of the Editorial Board, and Book Project coordinator.We wish Victor Ivanovich the best success in his future endeavors.