HAMA: The Acupuncture Association for Professionals.
Join us for the Hawaii Acupuncture Medicine Association’s 2024 Annual Meeting. Our focus this year is Unity and Joy: Moving Forward for our Profession and Standing Together.
The HAMA 2024 Annual meeting will be held on Sunday, October 13th from 10 AM to 12 PM via Zoom. Registration is now open.
The Zoom room will open at 9:45 AM. Please arrive early. Your cameras and mics will be enabled before the meeting to give you an opportunity to say hello to your colleagues. Attendees may use the chat feature during the meeting to interact with other attendees and the hosts.
Click on the link to go to the meeting:
https://bnionline.zoom.us/j/91983082648?pwd=SURsaWNFQ1lEcGNHV2I3Q0NYcTNjdz09
Meeting ID: 919 8308 2648
Passcode: 505968
The HAMA Board of Directors will share about their efforts in the past year to promote and advance the acupuncture medicine profession in Hawaii. There will be renowned speakers and fantastic giveaways thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. There will be a vote to update the HAMA Bylaw ARTICLE XII — AMENDMENT please see below *** to review the Bylaw. Both HAMA members and nonmembers may attend the meeting but only HAMA members are eligible for the giveaways. HAMA members who register for the Annual Meeting will be automatically entered in the giveaways. You must be present (in the Zoom room during the meeting) to win.
The 2024 Keynote speaker is Susan Johnson, L.Ac. Other speakers include: Jeffrey Tice, DACM, DAc. will give an update about insurance matters. Dr. Tice represents Hawaii as an independent member of the American Health Specialty (ASH) Professional Affairs Healthcare Advisory Committee (PAHAC). Amy Mager, DACM, Lic.Ac., FABORM will speak about what’s happening with the acupuncture profession nationally and with Medicare and Medicaid. Dr. Mager is the Vice Chair of Public Policy and the Chair of the Medicaid committee for the American Society of Acupuncturists. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Acupuncturists Without Borders.
Susan Johnson, L.Ac., has been studying and practicing acupuncture since 1982, and is an esteemed teacher of Master Tung's Magic Points, a potent system of acupuncture handed down as a treasured family secret for generations and made public by Master Tung Ching Chang.
Susan graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, CA, in 1984. By then, she'd begun an internship with Dr. Miriam Lee, whose influence was life changing for Susan. Susan became Dr. Lee's primary student and trained extensively with her for many years. Together they traveled to Hefei, China, to study bleeding techniques with Dr. Wang Su-Jen. Susan studied Master Tung's Magic Points with both Dr. Lee and Dr. Wei-Chieh Young. During the 1980s Susan also worked with Dr. Lee, lobbyist Art Krause, and elected officials to pass legislation expanding the scope of acupuncture in California.
Since 1988, Susan has maintained an acupuncture practice in Santa Cruz, California. She specializes in difficult and challenging cases, and in helping those with special needs to receive quality health care. Throughout her career Susan has relied extensively on Master Tung's Magic Points, and she has been teaching classes on Tung's Magic Points since 1985. Susan's passion for Tung's Points and her desire to share this remarkable system with other practitioners has inspired her to teach seminars and guest lectures worldwide, write articles and produce tutorial DVDs on Master Tung's Points and the ancient art of cupping. Susan is continuing to work on innovative ways to share Master Tung's Magic Points with a global audience, making this incredible system available to as many people as possible.
Please email questions or comments to: hamadirector@gmail.com We look forward to “seeing” all of you at the meeting!
Hawaii Acupuncture Medicine Association is a registered 501(c)6 nonprofit, professional membership organization with a mission of supporting and furthering the profession of acupuncture medicine in the state of Hawaii.
***ARTICLE XII — AMENDMENT
These Bylaws may be amended at any Annual Meeting of the Association by a majority vote of the members, provided that the proposed amendment has been submitted in writing to the Board of Directors at least sixty (60) days prior to the notification of the meeting and in the announcement of the meeting. The notice of the meeting shall set forth a summary of the proposed amendments.
Change to:
ARTICLE XII — AMENDMENT These Bylaws may be amended at any Board of Directors meeting of the Association by a majority vote of the members prior to the meeting. The proposed amendment(s) shall be submitted electronically or by mail to the members at least thirty (15) days prior to the voting deadline. Voting may be done electronically or by mail.
