New Bylaws – New President Elect Position – ATASC Elections
ATASC Board revised the ATASC Bylaws. Click HERE to view the bylaws. The new bylaws can be found at the ATASC website. One of the biggest changes to the bylaws is the addition of a President Elect position borrowing best practices from other organizations such as ATAA. This position will add a valuable resource to the ATASC board, provide a familiarization period for the incoming president, and enable a more orderly transition between presidents. ATASC General Assembly and Elections are scheduled for Jan 23, 2010. Since this is the first time with the new bylaws, we will elect a President and a President Elect on Jan 23 for 2011-2012. There are also vacancies for a number of board members and CFO. If you are interested to serve in any of these voluntary positions, please let our Elections Commitee know. Send an e-mail to info@atasc.org, or let one of our board members know. You will need to send a short biography including your previous voluntary activities.
Other ATASC News
ATASC Celebrated Kurban Bayram in various locations around Southern California. We hosted more than 350 people in three events. Some of the Bayram pictures are in Facebook.
Turkish American Ladies League ( TALL) will visit – as they have done every Holiday Season – The Santa Ana Blind Children’s Center to spread Holiday Joy. It is on Dec 2, 2010 at 10:oo am. They would like all to join. Please refer to TALL website for more details.
Multiple ATASC Chapters under the leadership of TALL collected funds to help education of Turkish Girls. With your generous donations, they were able to send enough money to Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi (CYDD) to educate six young woman through university education. Thanks to each and every one of you for your generosity in helping the young minds in motherland.
ATASC is continuing to support our namesake “ATASC” school in Izmit, Turkey. ATASC built the school after the devastating 1999 earthquake through ATASC members’ generosity. In 2009-10, ATASC funded the re-furnishing of ATASC building into the ATASC pre-school. VATAN chapter donated money to provide for a coonference room that bears ATASC-VATAN name in the new big elementary school. Some families also support needy children in the school to provide them an equal opportunity in education.
ATASC Grassroots organization will meet on the evening of Noovember 30th in Irvine. If you have signed up for ATASC Grassroots activities, you will shortly get an invitation. If you want to be involved in Grassroots activities, please write toinci.atrek@gmail.com and we will send you an invitation.
Turkish Passport – Extension Process
The old type Turkish Passports will only be extended until December 31st. If you apply after then, you need to apply in person. To avoid having to appear in person, extend your passports before Dec 31. More details at the consulate website.
