What is COAA

COAA is registered as a non-profit and charitable organization (Combined Federal Campaign Agency Designation No. 7854). It is operated under the non-profit Public Benefit Corporation Law for scientific purposes.

Elected yearly at COAA's annual meeting, the Board of Directors consists of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Chairs for Program (2), Membership, Public-ity, and Publication. In addition, regional coordinators assigned by the Board help networking, promotion, and membership drive in areas outside of Washington DC.

Regular as well as ad hoc committees are formed by the Board as appropriate. At the present time there are the Education and Outreach Committee, and the Zheng-He/ Cheng-Ho Committee.

COAA Missions

Our missions are:

To network ocean and atmosphere professionals in establishing a forum based on common interests;

To facilitate professional contacts;

And to improve qualification and occupational opportunities.

COAA Histroy

The Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmos-pheric Association (COAA) was founded in 1993, by an active group of Chinese-American professionals in the oceanic and atmospheric sciences in the Greater Washing-ton DC area. It was to serve a growing num-ber of their colleagues working in government agencies and the academia as well as the private industry.

Over the years, COAA's membership grew quickly, and extended steadily to other geo-graphical areas in the US and to overseas Chinese communities. Today, COAA has approaching 300 members worldwide, who enjoy the networking and professional activi-ties of international conferences, technical workshops, and regular social gatherings, and engage in educational and outreach activities, all organized and provided by COAA via the operation of a 9-member Board of Directors and various committees.