“…On behalf of the Board of Directors, I invite all of you to meet with us to celebrate and to plan for the New Year.  We are excited to tell you about all we did in 2009 and what is planned for 2010…” Of the short newsletter TAAA member received, those words imprinted what the organization worked so hard to achieve. The agenda for the meeting on January 30^th included discussing plans for the upcoming year, giving everyone a “pat on the back” for their hard work in the past year, and electing a Board of Directors. The meeting included an assortment of pastries and a quiz prepared by Orrin Ford on Turkish history. Winners of the quiz received books provided by Orrin.