CAN 2008 Board Meeting
Posted 6:32pm October 28th, 2008 by andy wegman
CAN's annual board meeting took place at The Green House across from Working Class Acupuncture in Portland, OR on Thursday October, 23rd.
CAN's new board is comprised of:
Cris Monteiro, L.Ac. - Providence Community Acupuncture
Korben Perry L.Ac. - Philadelphia Community Acupuncture
Lumiel Kim-Hammerich L.Ac. - Community Acupuncture of San Rafael
Michael Lium-Hall L.Ac. - hemma
Tatyana Ryevzina L.Ac. - Sarana Community Acupuncture
Larry Gatti, Jr. L.Ac. - Tuscon Community Acupuncture
Diane Price L.Ac. - Pins & Needles Mt. Scott Community Acupuncture
Ann Mongeau L.Ac., RN – Mongaeu Acupuncture, LLC
Andy Wegman L.Ac. - Manchester Acupuncture Studio
It is expected, this is the last collective who are assigned directly by CAN's executive board. Future CAN boards will be nominated and voted in by membership.
This meeting was significant on a number of levels, but mostly so by the voluntary movement of original CAN board members Lupine Hudson, Skip Van Meter, L.Ac. and Dr. Michael McCoy away from official CAN leadership and off of the board.
The meeting's agenda was shaped in large part by a letter penned by Dr. McCoy. We can't implore enough, for those interested in any matters of community acupuncture to read and/or comment here.
In a mere twenty-four months in existence, CAN has helped inform the creation of hundreds of community acupuncture practices while becoming one of the country's largest acupuncturist membership organizations. This, juxtaposed against the uncertain state of the acupuncture profession in U.S., leads the current board to believe it absolutely vital all who have a passion for CAN's mission act, unleashing the best of our combined creativity, commitment and vision for the drive toward increased access for acupuncture treatments.
It appears unquestionable, the direction of the profession itself will be largely influenced by our collective efforts via CAN.
Thank you, thank you, thank
Thank you, thank you, thank you...all of you, for everything...
"Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." --Rumi
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CAN's mission
Yes. I second Jessica's thank you. It really does bear reflecting by those of us (and I understand we number in the hundreds now) calling ourselves community acupuncturists...what exactly is the mission of CAN?
I reread the mission statement linked from the post, and was pleasantly surprised that it is all about service and justice and not "just us".
I have a fuzzy memory that the original mission of CAN also included something about creating a sustainable livelihood for acupuncturists. Or maybe I just retained that from the first WCA conference in 2006.
In any case, my guess is that aspect of the mission is implicitly still there, but stating explicitly that the mission is to promote accessibility safeguards us from getting sidetracked into building a better mousetrap as Michael put it.
All true religions seek to gain access to that level of consciousness which is not ego-bound.</
I also remember something
I also remember something about creating a sustainable income as part of the mission, and I have never been to a WCA conference. That has to be part of our mission for CA to grow. Acupuncturists need to earn a living or they will quit and no one will be helped, we have to put on our oxygen masks so we are able to help others.
I'm thrilled to see such a
I'm thrilled to see such a fine group of people assembled to help CAN move forward. Thanks to all of you for your time and effort in furthering our organization.