TRIPLE X ACTIVITIES

POT LUCK

In 2009, Bro. Ara began working with Bro. Kurken (Kirk) Kazarian and his lovely wife, Marge Kazarian on the Pot Luck event. Bro. Marge, as she was affectionately known, was in many ways the heart of the Orange County Chapter from its inception and continued to set a high bar with her expectations for others. Bro. Ara did his best to meet those expectations throughout the subsequent years but could never quite seem to measure up to Marge’s high standards!

To this day Bro. Ara continues to work on the Annual Pot Luck event with help from many of the Brothers and their families including Jon & Jackie Agajanian, John & Tracy Gulugian, Rob & Cynthia Tusan and many others.

The Pot Luck event has afforded Bro. Ara the opportunity to reconnect with many of the families he remembered from his childhood including the Kazarians, Gulugians, Chitjians, Jamgotchians, Hekimians, Garakians, Cholakians, Astors and Hartunians.

OC TREX PICNIC

Bro. Ara has been a regular fixture at the Orange County Triple X Picnic. First recruited by Marge Kazarian to help with the dessert table, Bro. Ara eventually worked selling tickets, drinks, serving food and acting as a runner between the chefs and the servers. Today you can usually find Bro. Ara grilling vegetables to go along with the delicious meats prepared by Bros. Kelly Astor, Larry Kaprielian, Don Kazarian, John Cholakian, Brent Melkesian & Brian Melkesian.

WWW.AASHOF.COM

In 2017 Past Grand Master Jack Kayajanian insisted that if the Armenian American Sports Hall of Fame was to continue, it needed a presence on the internet. Bro. Ara Malazian took up the challenge and created AASHOF.COM (Armenian American Sports Hall of Fame). Built from the ground up, the site pays homage to all of the inductees into the Armenian American Sports Hall of Fame and the site continues to be supported through the efforts of the Orange County Chapter of the Triple X Fraternity.

100th Anniversary Album

In 2018 the Triple X Fraternity celebrated its 100^th Anniversary.  Each Triple X Chapter was tasked with creating the pages that would be used in the 100^th Anniversary Album.  Bro. Ara compiled photographs from several sources including Bro. Kurken & Marge Kazarian, Past Grand Master Haig & Marcia Jamgotchian, Past Grand Master Archie & Stella Cholakian and many others to create the Orange County Pages for the Triple X Fraternity’s 100^th Anniversary Album.

CONVENTIONS

Bro. Ara was in charge of the 2019 Convention Business Meeting in Orange County. In addition to working with the hotel on the menu, table layout and electrical setup, Bro. Ara also handled all of the audio visual for the meeting opting to purchase the equipment and set it up himself saving the Chapter 50% over the cost of renting the equipment from the hotel. The system worked so well, the meeting next door sent the hotel staff over to ask that the sound system be turned down a bit.

Bro. Ara is a familiar face to many who have attended the Annual Convention and Mid Term Meetings. Beginning with his term as Master in 2012, Bro. Ara has served as a delegate to both the Mid Term and Annual Convention meetings and you’ll see him as a delegate again this year!