The next Council of the IPA has now been elected. Twenty members were elected by the entire membership (originally 21, but John Ohala has resigned). These 20 then elected a further 10 "co-opted" members. The 30 members of the new Council will be: Amalia Arvaniti, Michael Ashby, Patricia Ashby, Plinio Barbosa, William J. Barry, Patrice Beddor, Gerard Docherty, John H. Esling, Janet Fletcher, Cécile Fougeron, Martine Grice, Jonathan Harrington, Keith Johnson, Patricia Keating, Asher Laufer, Wai-Sum Lee, Ian Maddieson, Kofi Adu Manyah, Alexis Michaud, Ailbhe Ní Chasaide, Katerina Nicolaidis, Francis J. Nolan, Daniel Recasens, Adrian Simpson, Maria-Josep Solé, Jane Stuart-Smith, Marija Tabain, Masaki Taniguchi, Jacqueline Vaissière, and John Wells. Congratulations to the new Council, and thanks to all who stood for election.

For ICPhS2015, the Association is offering up to 20 IPA Student Awards of £366. We invite applications for these Awards as soon as ICPhS acceptance notifications have been received. Information about applying for the Awards has been emailed to all Student members of the Association; anyone needing further information should contact the Secretary. The deadline for applications is April 18; decisions will be announced before May 1.

Election of the 30 members of the 2015-2019 IPA Council is underway, following the procedures specified in our by-laws. In December 2014, all IPA members were able to vote in the first round. Thanks to the use of online voting, 70% of members voted, almost twice the 38% participation in 2010. Twenty-one members were elected in the first round, and the second round of the election, in which the already-elected members choose 9 additional members, is now underway. The members elected in the first round are: A. Arvaniti, M. Ashby, P. Ashby, W. Barry, P. Beddor, G. Docherty, J. Esling, J. Fletcher, C. Fougeron, J. Harrington, K. Johnson, P. Keating, I. Maddieson, A. Ní Chasaide, K. Nicolaidis, F. Nolan, J. Ohala, D. Recasens, A. Simpson, M. Solé, J. Wells.

Following the launch of the new website on 1st January 2015, we are excited to announce that we are now on Facebook and Twitter! Please visit us on our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter @IPAphonetics.

In December 2104, seven IPA-elected representatives to the Permanent Council for the Organization of ICPhS were elected for the period 2015-2023. The 7 elected members are:

• Anne Cutler, the Netherlands
• John H. Esling, Canada
• Daniel Hirst, France
• Patricia Keating, USA
• Ian Maddieson, USA
• Katerina Nicolaidis, Greece
• Masaki Taniguchi, Japan

Their term will begin at the August ICPhS meeting in Glasgow. Congratulations to the new members.