ETF BAFA 10 Years

ETF BAFA celebrated 10 years anniversary at recent wine & dine fundraiser in San Francisco. In September 2001, Jasmina Vujic, Mita Postich and Sveta Djurich got together and decided to incorporate a non-profit organization in California with a goal to help their alma mater, students and professors. They named corporation ETF Belgrade Alumni and Friends Association, or ETF BAFA.

This presentation highlights key achievements and events from the last decade.



Thank you to all ETF BAFA members and our friends for making these 10 years a success.

Events in the Bay Area in 2011

This is the list of ETF BAFA events in the Bay Area in 2011:

• 05/15: PIKNIK, at Werder Shelter, Huddart Park, San Mateo County
• 05/22: TENNIS TOURNAMENT, at Gunn High School, Palo Alto
• 07/09: SAILING THE BAY, at South Beach Harbor
• 07/31: SLAVA, at St. John Serbian Orthodox Church
• 10/29: ANNUAL PARTY, at South Beach Yacht Club

More information about these events is available at ETF BAFA Calendar.

Announcement: Vice Presidents, Scholarship Awards Program

Ksenija Lakovic,Milutin Stanacevic and Nemanja Petrovic have been appointed Vice Presidents, Scholarship Award Program.

Ksenija, Milutin and Nemanja will define and manage the scholarship program that will award scholarships to ETF Belgrade students. The program will define the funding, application and the selection process as well as distribution of the scholarship awards.

It is our goal to launch the program in June 2011 and distribute the first round of scholarship awards in October 2011.

ETF BAFA Board of Directors

Announcement: Vice President, Membership Services

Ana Lazic has been appointed Vice President, Membership Services, effective immediately.

She will be responsible for all membership services, and will lead our annual membership drive campaign. One of our goals is to expand our organization presence in the main urban centers across the US, and this will be one of the initiatives Ana will coordinate.

ETF BAFA Board of Directors

Computers for Elementary School in Bosnia

ETF BAFA has successfully completed an initiative at the elementary school in Bosnia. Internet center at the Nikola Tesla Elementary School in Prnjavor, Bosnia has been funded with our donation. The center was inaugurated via Skype conference call today. Our members from UC Berkeley will continue to interact with kids in Prnjavor on a regular basis.



The event was reported in the local media.

Migration to Google ETF BAFA USA group

We will be migrating our etfbg-usa Yahoo group to the etf-bafa-usa Google group platform next week. The main reasons for this migration are:

• Easier document sharing between the group and our blog.
• Group management and support.
• Support of Cyrillic alphabet.
• RSS feeds.

An email invitation from ETF BAFA USA Google group will be sent to all members and friends with instructions how to subscribe.

Archive files will be migrated to the Google group next week.

2011 Membership Drive

We are currently running a promotion for all our associated members and friends to join our organization and become regular members and friends of our organization. All new members who pay their membership dues between now and January 1st 2011 will be included in our membership in 2010 and 2011.

For more information about our regular membership and how to subscribe, please visit our membership page.