February 20, 2006 CTC MAIL

Balance Volume 2006 Issue 01 -
College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners & Acupuncturists of British Columbia

Annual General Meeting 2005

The 2005 Annual General Meeting, chaired by Mr. Arden Henley, was held on February 19, 2006 at Choi Hall, SUCCESS. 87 registrants attended the meeting which ran from 2:15 pm to 4:20 pm. Mr. Patrick Chan of SRTK Tam Kurozumi, , Auditors for the College also attended. The Chairman, 8 Committee Chairs, Registrar presented their reports, and many Registrants raised questions and made comments on different issues. (pic. 1) At the end of the meeting, a Certificates of Appreciation were presented to Tahmineh Nikookar (pic. 4) who was a Director 2002 to 2004.

Before the declaration of AGM, there was a fabulous musical documentary film that was produced in British Columbia. Two remarkable musicians, Mei Han and her husband, multi-instrumentalist Randy Raine-Reusch (pic. 3) who participated in the film, played a little live music before the film and hosted the presentation about the production, and their experience of working with people from so many different cultures.

Shortly after the documentary film prelude, The Board presented a Honorary title of Doctor of TCM to former Chair, Mason Loh, QC for his substantial contributions to the TCM profession and the development of the College.

After the AGM, Andrew Taylor and Philippe Souvestre invited professional Registrants to review the final draft of a formal presentation which will be made to the Ministry of Health soon.