AAJA-D.C. Board Meeting Minutes
11 a.m. Saturday, July 16, 2005
Home of Peggy Hu, Burke, VA

Guest speaker: Dr. Thomas S. Elias, Director, U.S. National Arboretum

Officers Attending: President Tan Ly, Membership Chair Lister Lim, Community Liaison Wanita Niehaus, Secretary HyunJu Chappell Hine, Webmaster Peggy Hu, Treasurer Wai Ping Chan.

Attending: Katie Xiao, intern at the State Department's International Information Programs and a Duke University student expecting to graduate in 2006.

Visiting: Hiromi Nakaoji, a Japanese interpreter at national and global conferences; Anne-Marie Hsieh Meegan, President, Northern Virginia Chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans; Ben Chappell Hine.

Attending AAJA-D.C.'s potluck afterward: Susan Yoo, Assistant News Editor, KRT; Chapter Vice President (Broadcast) Sherri Ly, Reporter, WTTG/FOX 5.