Governing Boards Activity

OIA’s new bylaws

OIA Special General Assembly met on Tuesday 4/5/2011, presided over by Assembly Chairman Mirican Guregian. Amendments to the Bylaws that had been voted on in the form of a resolution; were approved in their final format. OIA's new bylaws are in effect and elections will be held on Tuesday 4/19/2011 to elect members to the newly formed Board of Trustees and Executive Committee.

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CORRECTION OF PLEDGE AMOUNT OF M/M HARRY CHAKARIAN

CORRECTION     We have inadvertently listed the donation amount of our dear member Mr. & Mrs. Harry Chakarian's pledge as $ 1,000 in the Appreciation dinner booklet, which should have been $ 3,000. This was an obvious oversight on our part. We have corrected this error in our system.  We express our sincere apology.  

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THANK YOU NOTE

The Board of Directors of the Organization of Istanbul Armenians would like to thank all its members, representatives of sister Armenian organizations, school principals, members of the press, and friends for attending the official opening ceremony of OIA's renovated center and for sharing in our excitement. Your thoughtfulness meant a great deal to us all and is sincerely appreciated                                                                         Sincerely

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NOTICE OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING

NOTICE OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING   Friday, June 25, 2010   Notice is hereby given that the General Assembly meeting of Members of the Organization of Istanbul Armenians will be held at OIA's "HRANT DINK LECTURE HALL", Friday, June 25, 2010, starting at 7:30 P.M. If there is no quorum of members, then the meeting will be adjourned to 8:30 P.M. on the same day (February 25, 2010) the number of members present at this adjourned meeting will constitute the required quorum as defined by the

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OIA’s BYLAW CHANGES

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1) ELECTION: A) General Assembly ("GA") at the regular meeting elects Board of Trustees ("BOT") B) Election Procedure: Three months before Regular Meeting, BOT shall call a meeting of the BOT, Executive Committee ("EC") and the Presidents of each Committee to evaluate and decide the names of the candidates to be submitted to the General Assembly for election during Regular Meeting. All candidates must either submit their candidacy in writing 10 days before this meeting or ask

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OIA TAKES PART IN ANATOLIAN FESTIVAL,

OIA TAKES PART IN ANATOLIAN FESTIVAL, FOLLOWS IN HRANT DINK'S FOOTSTEPS   The Organization of Istanbul Armenians (OIA) recently participated in the Anatolian Cultures and Foods Festival in Costa Mesa California, a four day event (April 2-5) at the Orange County Fairgrounds intended to celebrate Anatolia's history and people.  Pacifica Institute  which organized the festival estimated that twenty thousand or so visitors came to see the fifteen acre concourse with replicas of cities

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OIA/Thanksgiving 2007 (Pho by SS)

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Shmorhavor Nor Dari (Arm)

    äàÈê²Ð²Ú ØÆàôº²Ü زÚð ì²ðâàôÂÆôÜÀ Æð ÐÆØܲ¸ðàôÂ²Ü 30 ²Øº²ÎÆ ÇÝãå¿ë ݳ»õ ²Ù³ÝáñÇ »õ ê. ÌÝáõÝ¹Ç ½áÛ· ïûÝ»ñáõÝ ³éÃÇõ Æð Ú²ð²ÎÆò Ú²ÜÒܲÊàôØ´ºðàì ÎÀ ÞÜàðвôàð¾ ØÆàôº²Ü ´àÈàð ²Ü¸²ØܺðàôÜ, вزÎÆðܺðàôÜ  ºô вزÚÜ Ð²Úàôº²Ü  Üàð î²ðÆÜ ºô ê. ÌÜàôܸÀ سÕûÉáí áõñ³ËáõÃÇõÝ,

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Happy New Year

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ISTANBUL ARMENIANS ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY AND During this Holiday Season WISHES TO ALL ITS MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND FELLOW ARMENIANS A joyful and peaceful Christmas and New Year

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OIA Thanksgiving 2005 (Pho. Garbis Sarafian & Hagop Halici)

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