Dear TAAOM community:

Here is the AAAOM Qi Unity report on international concerns for acupuncture and Oriental medicine.

http://www.aaaomonline.info/qiunity/09/09/1a.html

TAAOM 2009 Annual Meeting is coming

Please come to the


Annual Meeting and Election of new members for the Board of Directors
of TAAOM.

Time:
10:30a.m.-12:30p.m.
May 3, 2009

Location:
2700 W. Anderson Lane
Austin, TX 78757
Classroom C


You are eligible to vote if you are a current professional or first year member of TAAOM
You are eligible to run for the Board if you have been a professional member for at least one full year (2008) and are a current member – you must be present to be nominated.

Find out about what’s happening legislatively. Find out who is the acupuncturist of the year 2008. Find out what’s happening in TAAOM during the year of 2008.



Come and Support the Association that Supports YOUR Profession!

Get a local group together and carpool!

TAAOM Survey Response Deadline Extended


We are reminding you to please complete and return the TAAOM survey sent out recently to all licensed acupuncturists.

We had hoped to receive all responses by October 15th, but due to disruptions caused by Hurricane Ike we are extending the deadline to November 1st.

A stamped, addressed envelope was included for your convenience.

If you somehow did not get the survey, please contact Wally Doggett at wallydoggett@earthlink.net for a copy.

To all TAAOM members

We have finished update our website "find an acupuncturist" section recently, Please check your information and let us know if there is any mistake by e-mail to yliu@acaom.edu.
We are apologizing for some delay upadate due to technical difficulties.

New TAAOM Board Members

2008 TAAOM annual meeting was held in Houston at the ACAOM campus on April 2008.
Continue to service as members are as follows: Yanfang Liu, Will Morris, Paul Abadie and David Weinthal.
Newly elected board members are as follows: Tam Khai Thai, Kaixun Liu, Cathy Liu, Wally Doggett. Leslie Graham (alternate), (alternate).

The appointment of officers was done at first board director meeting following the annual meeting.
Yanfang Liu: President
Will Morris: newly elected as Vice President
Paul Abadie: Secretary
Cathy Liu: newly elected as Treasurer
Kaixun Liu, David Weinthal, Tam Khai Thai, Chris Butler and Wally Doggett: Board Members
Bing You and Leslie Graham: Alternate Board Members

HOUSTON ACUPUNCTURISTS SUPPORTING GROUP ACTIVITY In order to have our acupuncturists in Huston can contact each other as a united group, as we can help each other and progress ourselves knowledgement of skill, as well as improving our contact information of health insurance and other conducting information, having fun friendship ourselves, we formed this activity as some of us required.The goal for the activity is:
KNOWLEDGEMENT, CXCHANGEMENT OF INMORMATION, FRIENDSHIP

W are supporting by Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, has start this group activity on Feb. /2008 first. And now we want to have second activity on: Time: 04/20 Sunday afternoon 4:30pm Place: DU YI CHU chinese restaurant. 8332sw freeway between 59 & Gessner &Beechnut Phone: 713-988-5838Activity and Discussing Topic:

Chinese Medicine Bian-Zhe-Lun-Zhi & Combining with Right Diagnosis of PracticeGuide Speaker:Dr. Lu, Guo-Kan 4:30 pm Dr. LuguoKan¡¯s speech. His speech will contain excellent examples of hospital patients and analysis the detailed informations with his famous professor's experiences 5:30 pm Discuss. Group discussing opinions and our individual experience. 6:00 pm Entertainment and dinner 7:15: DismissThis group is designed for every one devoted and sharing his experience of knowledgement and improve ourselves as a whole. So every one will have his speech in interior activities.
(Please call or email back to: janice7760@yahoo.com if you'll come. Or call 713-293-9998)
PLEASE COME ON TIME, we will not wait.

Houston Acupuncturists Supporting Group