Raindrop Turkish Forum together with its parent organization Turquoise Council hosted Evan Smith, CEO and Editor in Chief of Texas Tribune Magazine, for a luncheon with the topic "The Governor's Race and Beyond: Where Texas Politics Is Going".

Evan Smith stepped down in August 2009 as the president and editor in chief of TEXAS MONTHLY. He joined the magazine's staff as a senior editor in January 1992 and was promoted thirteen months later to deputy editor. In July 2000 he was named editor—only the third person to hold that title. In September 2008, when founder and publisher Michael R. Levy retired, he assumed the title of president and editor in chief.