Happy new year 2011

Dear ATCMS members, colleagues and friends of TCM/Acupuncture: At the moment when The Rabbit Year arrives, we would like to present our best wish to all of you on behalf of ATCMS. We also appreciate your continual support to our society. In the past four years, our founding members and work-teams made all efforts they could to serve the community based on our principles of " being Democratic, Academic, Serving and Non-profit ". Our endeavored activities involve: Scheduled Academic Exchanges, Advocating for the legislation, Protecting our professional benefits, as well as Leading TCM/Acupuncture into the mainstream of American society. The By-Law of ATCMS approved by the founding Board of Directors firmly established our democratic principles which affirmed the foundation to enable us to become the best organized and most active TCM/Acupuncture organization. When the Board of Directors stepped into the second term in early 2010, we efficiently accomplished our goals through the Secretariat, Administration and Collaboration. In the past year especially, our Academic Team organized five seminars for exchanging experiences and continual education. Our Legislation Team worked intensively with other professional organizations in lobbying. Their efficiency and zeal are highly commented. Our new Team for Members' Benefits upheld the policy of serving our members and succeeded in holding the picnic, obtaining services and discounts from consulting firms for third-party insurance payments, as well as discounted subscriptions in academic journals from China. They are also remembered for the success in holding our Annual Conference Banquet at the end of 2010. Our Team of Promotion and Advertising also worked efficiently on the publication of our quarterly newsletter and communication with press-media. Finally, our Treasurer worked with high efficiency on Tax and Accounting by following our principle of being lucid in finance and honest in spending every penny on our members only. That is a solemn promise to all. All the accomplishments and credits in the past resulted from our members' active support and participation as well as their efforts and wisdom. So to this coming year, we also have the following expectations: (1) Further reinforcement in the mutual communications between members and the ATCMS. Only by listening to our members' voice we can realize their demands and expectations in depth, so as to adjust our plans to meet their needs. Our pleading is: As a member, we wish you would keep active contact with us, relay your suggestions to us by using …