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January 31, 2009COAA 2009 Chinese New Year Luncheon Presentation

H.H. (Eddie) Shih, Ph.D., P.E.American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow

ASME Ocean Engineering Division Chairman (1987)Chinese American Professionals Association President (1996)

COAA President (1999)

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Date Event Notes*

5/1993 Birth of a vision At Jin Wu’s home: Jin discussed his vision with Joe Huang and Eddie Shih

5/1993 Get-togetherTo exchange ideas about Jin’s vision

At Hunan Palace: Jin Wu Tony Liu Eugene Wei

Joe HuangEddie ShihFrank Pao

Ron LaiSimon ChangH.S. Chen

6/1993 Discussion meeting (Ocean Science & Technology: discuss• Name• Purpose• Nature of

organization• Membership• Finance• Action plan

At American Inn: Eddie ShihC. Y. ChenEugene WeiS. J. Tsai Ron LaiJye ChenTony Liu

Tom HuangL. W. TangSimon ChangJoe HuangM.S. ChiangC. F. HuangCharles Sun

Richard Dai Frank PaoJin WuHenry LiuBill ChengZuojun Yu and others

Founding of COAA

* Participants listed are from signup sheets. Others attending may not have signed.

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Date Event Notes

7/16/1993 Discussion meeting(Ocean Science & Technology: Continueddiscussion on • Name• By-laws & operating guide• Program• Membership• Publicity• Finance• Administration

At American Inn:C. F. HuangJin WuEddie ShihJoe HuangTony Liu

Simon ChangBill ChengZuojun YuHenry Liu

8/14/1993 Discussion meetingOcean Science & Technology: More discussion on above

At American Inn: Jin WuWei-Kuo TaoC.H. SuiM. L. C. WuBen ChaoAron Chang

Tsann W. YuEddie ShihLong ChuJoe HuangRobert LaiJy-Tai Chang

Founding of COAA (cont’d.)

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Date Event Notes

8/1993 Get-togethers(Union of Oceanand Atmosphere)

At Hunan Palace: Joe HuangEddie ShihJin WuLi PengM.D. & S. H. Chou

At Bill Lau’s home(a large party)

Jye ChenM.L.C. WuBill ChengDavison Chen

Special thanks to M.D. Chou and Leslie Cheng for establishing communication with members of the Atmospheric Science Group!

Founding of COAA (cont’d.)

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Date Event Notes

9/1993 COAA planning meetingContinued discussion on

• Name• By-laws & operating guide• Program Assignments• Membership & membership

drive• Publicity• Finance• Administration• inaugural meeting

($130 membership dues rec’d from 13 attendees

$300 donation from Jeffrey Chen)

At American Inn: (Pro) Jin Wu/ Paul Hwang(Adm) Frank Pao(Pla) Joe Huang (B-L) Eddie Shih/ M.D. Chou(Pub) Simon Chang/ M.L.C. Wu(Com) T.W. Yu(Mem) Zuojun Yu/W.K. Tao(Fin) Aron Chang/ C.F. Huang(Fun) Leslie Cheng (Fac) C. H. SuiLipong WangJeffrey ChenTony LiuPaul Pan

Bill ChengXianhe CaoDavison ChenCarl Hsieh

Jy-Tai ChangJye ChenHarold SzuEugene Wei

10/1993 COAA planning meeting(continued discussion)

At American Joe HuangBill ChengCheng-I YangJin Wu

InnC.H. SuiEugene WeiEddie ShihSimon Chang

M.L.C. WuFrank PaoPaul Huang

Founding of COAA (cont’d.)

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Date Event Notes10/30/1993

5:30 pm- 10:00 pm

InauguralMeeting

At Far-East Chinese Restaurant:

• 107 attendees (77 members, 41 guests) including Profs:• C.C. Chang of CUA• Shih I. Pai of UMD• Hsueh Ya from FSU

• Approved proposed Articles of Incorporation, Constitution, and By-laws

• Elected Board of Directors: • Paul Hwang - President• Jin Wu - VP• Eddie Shih - Secretary• Bill Cheng - Treasurer• Joe Huang - Programs• Man-li Chou - Membership• Simon Chang - Publicity

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Establishment of Legal StatusDate Type Notes

03/01/94 Incorporation State of Maryland Registered

12/09/94 Employer Identification Number (EIN)

IRS Registered Organization

03/22/95 IRS public supported organization under section 501(c)(3)

Tax Exempt, non-profitOrganization

11/9/94 -

12/29/95

Charitable Organization State of MarylandQualified for Fund-Raising

03/03/96 CFC Avenue for donation by Federal employees

04/09/97 Personal Property Return

Equipment acquisition

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Memorable ActivitiesDate Activity Notes

Summer1994

Meeting with Prof. Wenfeng Hou of SOA/National Marine Data & Information Service (NMDIS)

At Eddie Shih’s home: Provided input for NMDIS satelliteremote sensing program C.K. TaiM.C. Peng

Leslie ChengHo Liu

Tony LiuEddie Shih

Spring1994

Get-together at AGU spring meetingBaltimore, MD

Crab House party to welcome attending professional friends; recruited 12 (out of 18 guests) as COAA member; Attended by:Frank PaoTony Liu

Joe HuanBill Tseng

Eddie Shih

Fall1999

Donation for Taiwan earthquake relief fund*

Members donated $1,920

Fall1999

COAA & CAA-NDR merger; CAA-NDR would like to merge with COAA

Norden Huang & Eddie Shih hosted S.C. Liu/NSF & George Lee/NYU-Buffalo;Request for COAA name change was not well received by COAA membership;Members discussed and voted for 1-year trial

*COAA Southern California chapter raised $17,675 for the Sichuan earthquake relief during 2008

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Date Activity NotesMay/June1999

July 1999

1) Co-sponsor of Chinese American Academic & Professional Convention in Wash., D.C.

2) Sponsor AGU special sessionBoston, MA(Conveners:Bill Lau andEddie Shih)

3) Recruited new members

3 sessions: Weather & Marine Forecast and Natural Disaster Mitigation (14 papers); COAA received $5,000

3 sessions on South China Sea Monsoon Experiment:8 invited speakers: U.S. Richard Johnson CSUC.P. Chang (NPS)

M. Chen (ISU)Hsueh Ya (FSU)

TaiwanJough-Tai Wang (NCU) David Tang (NTU)

Mainland ChinaRonghui Huang Chong-Yin Li (IAP)

Memorable Activities (cont’d)

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Date Activity NotesOctober18-191997

1st International conference,CUA, Wash. D.C.

Setup good example of COAA International Conference• 89 attendees• 52 presentations

July10-122000

2nd International conference,Taipei, Taiwan

Visited host facility and participated guided tours after meeting

190 attendees, 32 sessions, 190 presentations, including:

• 1 OA joint session • 2 Natural Disaster Reduction sessions • 1 student poster section• 2 exhibits from U.S.

Most of the 63 attendees from U.S. were sponsored by 9 host institutions in Taiwan

Local conference committee played important role

Memorable Activities (cont’d)

Celebration after Inaugural Meetingat Paul’s Home

Bill Lau at theAGU Special Session

Celebration after the 1st International Conferenceat Tsann’s Home

Signing up at the 2nd International conference

Get-together atEddie’s Home

The Old Guards at Annual Dinner Party