Members Present at the Inaugural Meeting
The inaugural meeting of the Tanka Society of America took place on April 14, 2000 at the Global Haiku Festival held at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois (read a report about this inaugural meeting). The meeting was convened and run by TSA founder Michael Dylan Welch, who proposed the group’s name and was elected as first president. Those present for this inaugural meeting of the society were as follows:
Randy Brooks Naomi Y. Brown David Cobb Ellen Compton Job Conger Penny Harter William J. Higginson | Larry Lavenz Pamela Miller Ness Michael Nickels-Wisdom Chris Spindle Celia Stuart-Powles Michael Dylan Welch Paul O. Williams |  |