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ALL MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(Elections will be held & Volunteer of the Year Awards will be given)
Please attend
& cast your vote tonight, otherwise
please cast your proxy vote by e-mail before 5 PM today!
(Scroll down for the candidate list)

- This is a members only event, so please either become a member or remember to renew your membership prior to this event!
- Light dinner will be served in order to accommodate the largest possible turnout for the event on a weeknight


Dear Members of ATASC-San Diego,

We would like to invite you to our upcoming General Assembly meeting and elections for 2008-2009 ATASC-SD Board of Directors.

In order to attend the meeting and cast your votes, you must be a member in good standing (i.e., dues-paying member for 2008) with ATASC-San Diego.

Date:  Wednesday March 5th, 2008
Time: 
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Place:
Westfield UTC Mall, Forum Hall (located on the second floor of the Wells Fargo Bank building near Nordstrom's and the pedestrian bridge)

NOMINATIONS:

ATASC San Diego is requesting nominations from all members in good standing.  The following positions are up for election for a 2 year term:

  • President

  • Vice President

  • Executive Secretary

  • Treasurer

  • Board Members

VOTING:

Only active (dues paid for 2008) members of ATASC-SD will have the opportunity to cast their votes for the election of our new board members. Please note that you can not vote unless you are a member of ATASC-SD. The voting is as follows:

Student members     1 vote
Individual members   1 vote
Family members       2 votes

All members are invited to participate and vote in person.  If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may send a written proxy with one of the members in good standing.  Please use the link below to print out your proxy form.  Please note that no other form of Proxies will be accepted.

PROXY FORM:

Please click on this link here to download the Proxy Form in Microsoft Word format.

AGENDA:

7:00 - 7:30         Dinner & gathering
7:30 - 8:00         ATASC-SD activity report & Volunteer of the Year Awards presented by the current board
8:00 - 8:20         Introduction of new ATASC-SD board nominees
8:
20 - 8:40         Election of our new board members
8:40 - 9:00         Announcement of the results & closing


CANDIDATES:


Hakan Sönmez
  • Moved to San Diego in 2007
  • Electrical Eng. – METU’05 (B.S.), Northwestern’07 (M.S.)
  • Volunteered at many Turkish community events in San Diego - i.e. House of Turkey December Nights, Ethnic Food Fair
  • Electrical Engineer at Nextwave Wireless since Spring’07


Aytac Biber
  • Moved to San Diego in 2003
  • Electrical Eng. – ITU’97 (B.S.), SDSU’05 (MBA)
  • Volunteered at many Turkish community events in San Diego
  • Sr. Product Manager at DivX since 2004


Mehmet Parlak
  • Moved to San Diego in 2006
  • EE – METU’05 (B.S.), Munich U of Technology, UCSD (M.S.)
  • UCSD Turkish Student Association Public Coordinator & project manager for the upcoming NAR-In Memory of Ataturk event
  • Student - working on his Ph.D. in EE at UCSD


Tuba Ertas
  • Moved to San Diego in 1998
  • Civil & Environmental Engineer – ITU & SDSU (M.S. & Ph.D.)
  • One of the initiators & co-founders of the ATASC-SD chapter
  • Daughters of Ataturk award recipient in 2001 & 2006
  • Engineer with California State Drinking Water & Environmental Management


Cevdet Ugur
  • Moved to San Diego in 1991
  • Business Administration & Mgmt – METU & College of NJ (B.S.)
  • One of the initiators of the Meshketian Support & Assistance Campaign & member of the Meshketian Support Committee
  • Owner & General Manager of Baklava King LLC


Müjde Gürsel
- Continuing Board Member
  • Moved to San Diego in 2001
  • Business Administration w/Intl Bus & Finance '05 - SDSU (B.S.)
  • Serving on the ATASC-SD board since November 2006 to Present
  • Volunteered as a teacher-aid at the ATASC-SD Turkish school
  • Financial Analyst at a Securities Brokerage firm since 2005

We are expecting to see all of our members at this meeting.

Sincerely,

ATASC-SAN DIEGO BOARD


Upcoming Events
TBD=To be determined

 

Date Event Location Time
March 5, 2008
Wednesday
2008 General Assembly
& Board Elections
Forum Hall
Westfield UTC Mall
La Jolla
7:00PM - 10:00PM
March 8, 2008
Saturday
Turkish Movie Night
"Beynelminel"
UCSD, Center Hall 105 Starting at 7 PM
March 12, 2008
Wednesday
Kabul Gunu La Jolla, CA 1:00PM - 4:00PM
March 21, 2008
Friday
NAR
In Memory of ATATURK

(Organized by UCSD-Turkish Student Association)

La Jolla, CA 1:00PM - 4:00PM
April 12, 2008
Saturday
Turkish Movie Night
"Sinav"
TBD Starting at 7 PM

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