| [The following is a brief report of the event. More attendees, speeches, and photos will be added as they become available.] |
| The list of dignitaries was impressive. Leaders of the Legislature attended the event or sent staff to represent them. Leaders of the acupuncturist professional organizations attended the event. |
| An estimated 540 people turned out for a wonderful banquet lunch with former Governor Jerry Brown, Assemblyman Leland Yee, Assembywoman Judy Chu giving uplifting and positive speeches about the progress the profession has made and of the role CAOMA has played in representing, leading, and unifying the profession. Many other important officials and supporters of California's Licensed Acupuncturist Profession were in attendance. |
| The following acupuncturist professional organizations were represented, most of which are members* of CAOMA: |
| AKOMAC* - Association of Korean Oriental Medicine & Acupuncture of Southern California |
| AKOMAC* - Association of Korean Oriental Medicine & Acupuncture of Northern California |
| ACOA - American Chinese Orthopedics Association |
| CAAM* - California Alliance of Acupuncture Medicine |
| CAMA* - California Acupuncture Medical Association |
| CAMA* - California Acupuncture Medical Association |
| CAOMA - California Acupuncture Oriental Medicine Association |
| CCAA - California Certified Acupuncturist Association |
| CMAA-USA - California Medicine & Acupuncture Association, USA |
| CSOMA - California State Oriental Medical Association |
| JAAC* - Japanese Acupuncture Association of California |
| NAOWMA - Norht American Oriental & Western Medicine Academy |
| UCPCM* - United California Practitioners of Chinese Medicine |
| VAOMAI* - Vietnamese Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Association Institute |
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