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    CFF RESPONDS: OPEN LETTER TO HIRAIR HOVNANIAN

    http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/06/08/cff-responds-open-letter-to-hirair-hovnanian/
    Wed, Jun 8 2011

    Last week, Hirair Hovnanian, chairman of the Armenian Assembly of
    America (AAA), addressed an open letter to Gerard L. Cafesjian,
    chairman of the Cafesjian Family Foundation (CFF) following the
    recently issued final verdict in litigation between AAA and CFF. Below
    is an Open Letter written by Ross Vartian, a Board member of the CFF,
    to Hovnanian.

    ***

    Hirair:

    In the interest of moving forward with the project, the Cafesjian
    Family Foundation (CFF) will not respond point by point to your
    serial misstatements of fact. Anyone interested in an independent and
    objective judicial assessment of the truth of the past decade should
    review the 190-page initial verdict of Jan. 26 and the 57-page final
    verdict of May 9 by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.

    With regard to your disparaging Phase I of the Yerevan Cafesjian
    Center for the Arts (CCA), you are presumably unaware that the center
    has become a focal point of artistic and cultural life, a visitation
    destination for foreign dignitaries, and a preferred location for
    official meetings and receptions. Hopefully you will be more supportive
    of CCA's Phase II plans to significantly expand space for collections
    of other patrons and more broadly for even greater opportunities for
    artistic and cultural expression, appreciation, and education. The
    "Cascade" project will never be complete as it will always be evolving
    and growing, and the Cafesjian Family Foundation will continue support
    for CCA as one of its core missions.

    Your refusal to acknowledge Gerry's crucial role in securing the
    site of the future museum and memorial to the Armenian Genocide is
    inexplicable. You know that Gerry provided 100 percent of the financing
    and 50 percent of the funds to acquire the bank building, followed
    by 100 percent of the funds to acquire the adjacent properties. The
    record clearly shows that Gerry has never wavered in his support
    for the exclusive use of these properties for genocide museum and
    memorial purposes.

    Before, during, and subsequent to the trial, CFF has repeatedly
    committed to joining in a pan-Armenian effort to fulfill the dream of
    the first ever museum and memorial in the diaspora about the fact and
    ongoing consequences of the Armenian Genocide. CFF remains convinced
    that our community will respond generously as soon as it is given an
    opportunity to do so.

    Hirair, you can make an immediate and significant contribution to
    making this project a reality. Accept that a federal judge has soundly
    rejected the legal case you authorized and end your appeal. Whether
    or not you terminate your fruitless appeal, CFF will fulfill its
    obligation to the community by inviting all to participate. It is,
    after all, our community that will render the final verdict.

    Sincerely,

    Ross Vartian Member of the Board, Cafesjian Family Foundation




    From: A. Papazian
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