LATAA Los Angeles Turkish American Association

1. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American Association …. Activity Report

2. Quiz • How many events LATAA has held during 2011? • Within ATASC, which organization has the youngest board? • Have you seen LATAA on Turkish TV? • Do you know how many Facebook fans LATAA has?

3. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American Association Connecting Turkish Americans in the area Promoting Turkish Culture Dynamic group, full of energy Activities Galore Turkish School Free for kids Bi-weekly Newsletter covering Los Angeles Turkish American Activities

4. LATAA Board of Directors 2011 President Murat Mese Treasurer Burcu Tansu Webmaster Harun Diri VP Cenk Celik Secretary Elmas Kockaya

5. LATAA Executive Committee 2011 Social Chair Mahmut Ekenel Social Activities Melike Yersiz Social Activities Ahmet Onerbay Fundraising Zafer Acar

6. LATAA Executive Committee 2011 Membership Director Metin Mangir Membership Activities Doukan Onur School Director Aysegul Diri School Activities Mine Caglar

7. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American AssociationMembership Renewal Reminder Please remember to renew your membership to LATAA. Our organization can only survive with your donations. Donations are accepted via pay pal, check or cash. Please go to our website for payment via pay pal.
 Please help us in organizing events as well. If you like what LATAA is doing for the community and would like it continue/progress these efforts we need your help.

8. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American AssociationActivities - 2010 December 2 : LATAA networking event, The Penthouse SM November 20 : LATAA Eid Celebration/ Kurban Bayrami November 4 : LATAA Networking and 10 Kasim Ataturk’u Anma Toreni (Sheraton Culver City) October 30 : Joint event with ATASC, Republic Day Ball October 7 : LATAA networking event, Figueroa Hotel September 9 : LATAA networking event, Falcon Restaurant Bar August 21 : LATAA Ramadan Dinner/ Iftar Yemegi August 5 : Networking  - Moonshadows

9. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American AssociationActivities - 2010 July 1 – Networking – Miramar Hotel June 20 – Beach Volleyball and Picnic – Playa Del Rey June 3 – Networking – World Café May 6 – Networking – Glow Lounge May 1 – Hiking Poppy Preserves Trail April 18 – Joint Event with ATASC - Children’s Day Picnic April 1 – Networking – Café Ugo March 4 – Networking _Stabdard Lounge February 4 – Networking - Beachwood Restaurant January 30 – Student Outreach Event

10. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American AssociationActivities - 2010 July 1 – Networking – Miramar Hotel June 20 – Beach Volleyball and Picnic – Playa Del Rey June 3 – Networking – World Café May 6 – Networking – Glow Lounge May 1 – Hiking Poppy Preserves Trail April 18 – Joint Event with ATASC - Children’s Day Picnic April 1 – Networking – Café Ugo March 4 – Networking _Stabdard Lounge February 4 – Networking - Beechwood Restaurant January 30 – Student Outreach Event

11. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American AssociationActivities - 2011 January 6 : LATAA Networking event with Sinem Saniye Concert (Harvelles Santa Monica) February 3 : LATAA Networking event (Wokcano Santa Monica) February 27: Turkish History Seminar Series I- Turk Tarih Soleni March 3 : LATAA Networking event (Renee's Courtyard Cafe) March 5 : LATAA Turkish School High Tea Party   March 19 : LATAA Turkish School High Tea Party April 7 : LATAA Networking event (Xino Bar) April 17 : Joint event with ATASC, 23 Nisan piknik April 30 : LATAA kayaking event in Long Beach May 5 : LATAA Networking event (UCLA) May 22 : LATAA student outreach event May 28 : LATAA Turkish School High Tea Party 

12. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American AssociationActivities - 2011 June 9 : LATAA Networking event (Xino Bar) June 26 : LATAA picnic and beach volleyball July 7 : LATAA Networking event (Warehouse Bar & Grill) July 16 : LATAA Real Madrid - LA Galaxy game July 31 : Hiking and sucuk-ekmek August 13 : LATAA Iftar dinner September 2: LATAA networking event and Bayramlasma September 10 :LATAA Turkish School Fall Semester Opening Day September 13 : Kayseri Rektoru ile Doktora Ogrencilerinin Toplantisi October 6 : LATAA Social Networking Event (The Station Hollywood) October 12 : Kutsal EP Release Party/LATAA Event November 5 : LATAA Kurban Bayrami – Bayramlasma November 11: Evil Maria Concert for Turkey sponsored by LATAA November 19 : LATAA Ayse Taspinar Piano Concert December 1 : LATAA Social Networking Event December 17 : LATAA Turkish School End of Semester

13. LATAALos Angeles Turkish American AssociationActivities - 2012 Jan 1 : LATAA Networking event  Jan 31 : Meeting with Tubitak President Feb 2 : LATAA Social Networking Event March 10 : The Treasure Below : Excavating at the Ancient Port of Constantinopole .. Many more to come

14. LATAATurkish School The LATAA Turkish School fall session begins September 10th. Classes will take place every other Saturday in Santa Monica and are available FREE OF CHARGE for children ages 3-6 and 6-9. Please contact Ayşegül Diri (aysegul@diri.net) if you wish to inquire about registering your child, volunteering, or adult classes. Turkish School is an entirely free service LATAA offers to the Los Angeles Turkish community, because we strongly believe that it is essential for our children and our culture. You can help support this worthy cause by donating to LATAA or becoming a LATAA member at www.laturks.org. Currently, we have 5 adult students and 10-15 children in our school

15. LATAA Turkish School • Last semester espenses are follows: • Rent, custodian, food, payments to teachers : around $1800-$2000 • New Semester: • 3 paid teachers, $20/hr is paid, 2 hours biweekly, total payment per semester : $1080 • Additional expenses ~200 • Planned total expense: $1400 per semester • 5 adults and 10-15 kids are attending • Adult fee = 175, and expected average donation per kid :$100 • Expected income = $1875 • We expect Turkish school to be self-sustaining soon.

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