In keeping with SAR’s mission to promote, advance and disseminate scientific inquiry into Oriental medicine systems, we are close to publishing our White Paper, highlighting current issues and setting forth proposals for the next decade of acupuncture research.  On September 22-23, 2008, SAR held a Board workshop at Georgetown University to culminate 3 months of preparations in developing this White Paper. The workshop was hosted and facilitated by a nationally recognized leader in CAM education and research, Aviad (Adi) Haramati, PhD, Professor and Director of Education in the Departments of Physiology & Biophysics and Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine.  Our aim now is to publish this paper in a biomedical journal and to proactively distribute reprints to appropriate stakeholders in the research, health policy and funding communities.