Practice ESI, Enlightened Self-interest

1) "Stay out of politics!" my seniors warned. Why shouldn't I?

Circumstances have changed. Your seniors probably lived in the "old
Country," & were members of the majority race. They don't face
discrimination. YOU live in USA, and are a member of a very small
minority. You face discrimination, as historic and current record
clearly show. You need to rely on political clout to get the government
to protect your rights.

2) Will I get in trouble, if I join 80-20 PAC?

Are the founders of 80-20 in trouble? They are: Chang-Lin Tien
(late Chancellor of UC, Berkeley), Anna Chennault (a well known
AsAm GOP woman), Larry Ho (retired Harvard prof. of 2 endowed chairs),
Henry Tang (former Chair of Committee of 100), and S. B. Woo
(former Lt Governor of Delaware). Exercise your political rights!

3) Other AsAm orgs. sponsor candidate forums & lobbying activities, how
come 80-20 PAC only endorses candidates?

Endorsing candidates is politically more powerful than organizing
candidate forums & lobbying activities. Evidence? Do you see other orgs.
getting the results that 80-20 has gotten?

4) Why does 80-20 need money from me?

After 80-20 endorses a candidate, it buys media ads and sends direct
mails to deliver an Asian Am. bloc vote for the endorsed candidate. Why?
When elected, the candidate will help us back as president Obama is doing
now. Such activities require money. For example, 80-20 spent a lot of
money independently for Obama's campaign in the battleground states.

How 80-20 spent its money has a record. It must report to Federal Election
Commission website annually about income & expenditure. Visit:
http://herndon2.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00346015/205640/ .

5. Don't I get the same benefit, even when I don't join 80-20?

YES. Do you get the same sense of inner satisfaction & self-respect?
Practice enlightened self-interest!

NEED NEW MEMBERS!

To find out if you are a member, visit this easy to use page:

 http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp . If NOT a member,
please consider joining if you can afford the $35 or $50 
annual dues. If you
are already a member, please help recruit. 


To JOIN http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . 

Or send your check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229 .

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Record Membership at the end of January
2006: 661 members, 2007: 600, 2008: 387, 2009: 1,100,
2010: 1,301 -- tripling that of 2008.

Gratefully Acknowledging Your Generosity

(I) To 80-20 Educational Foundation:
Woo"s Foundation $7,550, Dr. Steve Ko $2,000
Chung-I & Mao-Lien Wu $1,000 The Baltimore Family Fund $1,000
National Philanthropic Trust $1,000 (courtesy of Mr. &Mrs. Mitchell Lou)
Lois Wong Chi $500 Alec Y. Chang, Esq. $500
Erica Liu $300 Tueh-Ting Lee $300

(2) To 80-20 PAC, Inc
Roy Saigo $1,000,
Kathleen To $350 Lawrence and Mary Schaffer-Tom $250

Sincerely yours,

Directors of 80-20 NEW Board of 2010 (titles are for ID purposes only),
Fel Amistad, San Mateo County Commissioner; Analyst (Finance)
Quan Cao, Prof., Florida Atlantic Univ.; a Vietnamese-Am scholar
Ved Chaudhary, General Secretary, Hindu Collective Initiative of N. America,
Rutgers University Board of Trustees (1993-95)
Dr. Beverly Hong-Fincher, Linguistics; currently teaching at the Univ. of
the District of Columbia
Dr. Hilary Hsu, Chancellor, City College of San Francisco, 1982-90
Dr. Laura Hsu, retired university administrator
Dr. Chenming Hu, Distinguished Chair Professor, Univ. of CA, Berkeley;
US National Academy of Engineering; Chinese Academy of sciences;
Academia Sinica
Dr. Alice Huang, President-elect, Am. Assoc. for the Advancement of Science,
retired professor, Harvard Medical School, retired Dean, NYU, Univ.
Administrator, Caltech
Dr. Yueh-ting Lee, Prof. of Psychology at the Univ. of Toledo, OH; Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, Minot State Univ, ND
Dr. Edward Lin, CEO, Ingenious Technologies Corp, Co-Founder, Gulfcoast
Chinese Am. Assoc.
Dr. Yuko Nakanishi, MBA, Principal & President, Nakanishi Research &
Consulting, LLC.
Linden Nishinaga, Calif. licensed professional engineer & Leadership in
Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional
Dr. Roy Saigo, Two university presidencies (Auburn Univ. & St. Cloud St. Univ)
Dr. Kim Song, Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis
Lena Tam, Vice Mayor, Alameda, CA; MPA, licensed Engineer
Kathleen To, Honorary Texas Commercial Attache (1991-93); President & CEO,
KATO Foundation
William Uy, President, PBidet Corporation; Retired DuPont Sr. Research Scientist
with 25 patented inventions
Joel Wong, President, APAPA-Bay Area Chapter
Hon. S.B. Woo, Lt. Governor of Delaware (85-89), retired Physics prof., U. of Del.
Dr. David Yang, Associate Political Scientist, Rand Corporation
Jing-Li Yu, 3rd yr. law student, Univ. of Chicago; Operation Director, 80-20
(05 -06)
Charles Zhang, President and Managing Partner, Zhang Financial, the only
advisor in the nation selected as a top advisor by BOTH Worth Magazine
and Barron’s each year from 2004-2007.

Need Reason?

1) You are not back in your "old country" any more. There you 

belong to the majority & no one discriminates against you. In America 

you are the minority. Many of your fellow countrymen consider
you a foreigner. Records, historic & current, show that you are 

being discriminated against in workplaces.

2) You need GROUP political clout to protect you. 80-20 is not only the 

oldest & largest AsAm political org. but also the most effective. Do
you know another such organization?

3) 80-20 is a community creation, entirely supported and funded by 

people like you & me. You need to protect this organization called 

80-20 where the important work of protecting your rights happens.

4) Imagine an America in which every Asian-American enjoys 

equal opportunities and justice and stands proudly among all 

Americans.

Need NEW members! To find out if you are a member, check
http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp .
If NOT a member, please consider joining if you can afford the $35 or $50
annual dues. If you are already a member, please help recruit. To JOIN 

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . 

Or send your check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229 .

Do your share!

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo, 

Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-30 PAC Inc.

Pres. Obama's Word To Us

(A) The Lesser of Obama's 2 Promises to Us - more AsAm judges

Pres. Obama is fulfilling that promise to us nicely. He
just nominated another Asian Am. District judge, Lucy Koh of CA, a
Korean Am.

In 2006, when 80-20 started to push for more Asian Am. federal judges,
there were only 6 such district judges. Today, a mere 4 years later, &
only 1 year after Pres. Obama's inauguration, we have 12 + 1. The
1 is a circuit court judge. See the table below. That is how
GROUP political clout has worked for us.

(B) The 2nd & More Significant Commitment to Us

Pres. Obama's LARGER commitment to us is to give us equal opportunity
in workplaces -- equal pay for equal work, equal opportunity to rise to the
top -- by the enforcement of Exec. Order 11246. It'll help the 2 million
Asian Am. workers in private industries and universities..

Is Pres. Obama fulfilling that commitment? That depend on whether the
Dept. of Labor will enforce E.O. 11246.

As you know, 80-20 is working on it. 80-20 EF published a series of 6
e-newsletters titled "Ugly Truth" and has a meeting with the Director of the
enforcement section of DOL, Patricia Shiu.

(C) Knowing how SMART you are!

Do YOU want equal opportunity in your workplace? 80-20 can help you
in a way that you cannot manage yourself! It takes 80-20 to get the
commitments from presidential candidates. See attached.

So YOU need to personally help 80-20 double its membership, whether
you are alredy a member or not. Indirectly it doubles YOUR own political
clout.

80-20 needs NEW members. For $35 or $50 per year, YOU get
helped in your upward mobility in your job. When you don't
join, you HURT your own chance to become equal citizens.

PRACTICE "Enlightened Self-Interest." 80-20 works for you. 80-20's
effectiveness is unprecedented and proven! Join NOW!
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp .
Or send you check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo
Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-30 PAC Inc.

Pres. Obama's 2 commitment to us

Preliminary Report: DOL Meeting

What happened at the Jan. 11 meeting with DOL?

The meeting was positive. Director Shiu of OFCCP states straight-
forwardly that there is a glass ceiling above Asian Ams. and that DOL will
enforce Exec. Order for Asian Ams. specifically to help break it, of course,
not at the expense of other minorities.

What was positive?

80-20's preliminary conclusion from the above is that so far as the
commitments by Pres. Obama to the Asian Am. community are concerned,
we are already at or near the last stage of Q2 of EF's questionnaire. See
Footnote 1. We await a confirmation by DOL and the White House of our
preliminary understanding.

Thanks to YOUR strong support of 80-20 and thanks to DOL, the
hearing described in Q1 is no longer necessary, saving time and energy
for both DOL and us.

We have already started the procedure described in Q3 -- working with a
DOL representative to establish a list of Asian Am leaders to have a
meeting with Pres. Obama, in roughly 2 years from today, "to review the
progress in extending equal opportunity to Asian Ams." Any national org.
which desires participation please contact S. B. Woo via sbw@udel.edu.
We'd love to work with all organizations which are willing to share in the
work.

What might be the ideal end-result?

Without the enforcement of EO 11246, it'll take 75 years or 3
generations for us to reach equal opportunity. With the enforcement,
we'll reach that goal in 10 years, IF we continue to persevere with our
heart, sweat, and tears.

Can we relaxed now?

Hack no. Great challenges and much toiling remain ahead of us. Indeed
major difference in the interpretation of a 1995 Supreme Court ruling
exists between DOL and 80-20. These will be the subjects of the future e-
newsletter.

What is certain?

If YOU weaken your support for 80-20, the estimated transition time of
10 years will lengthen to 20, 40 or even 75. If you steadfastly support 80-
20, we'll toil TOGETHER to get the job done.

So do YOUR share! Join, upgrade or renew your membership
with 80-20. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . Or send
you check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229

Respectfully,

S. B. Woo 
Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC., Inc.
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*Prof. Chenming Hu and S. B. Woo attended the meetingfor 80-20. Patricia
Shiu, Director of OFCCP, Elizabeth Kim, White House liaison stationed at
DOL, Cindy Chen, DOL outreach to Asian Ams, and Claudia Gordon,
Special Assistant to Director, attended the meeting for DOL.

President Obama's Commitment to us regarding EO 11246

A Stirring Video

80-20's reason for sharing this video is grounded in our hope and
belief that all Asian Americans acting with confidence and faith
can collectively impact our nation for the greater good.

While the song alludes to the bible, 80-20, a non-partisan and non-
denominational organization, respects everyone's right to choose
their religion, if any. Visit

http://www.bornagainamerican.org/index.html .

If you like the above video, please don't forget that the "Sharing Sacrifice
with Our Soldiers" drive is still on. Visit
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/dm/8/9p .

We've raised $12,000+ so far. We now aim for a larger number of
participants. You don't have to contribute $1,000, as many of the current
contributors did. Just do what your heart feels is right. Thank you.

80-20 still needs more NEW members. If you join now, you'll be
counted as a member for this year and the next. Join 80-20
at http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp .

Respectfully,

S. B. Woo
Acting Exec. Director, 80-20 PAC., Inc.

Call To Action

Do Asian Americans care deeply for America?

Are we capable of going to where others avoid, although it may
be the right place to go?

Do we dare set the right example, though it may seem foolhardy?

If your answers are YES, YES and YES, then please read the following
and do what your heart will tell you.

80-20's Board passed the following resolution:

SHARING SACRIFICE

Whereas, we the people, must share the burdens of our brave soldiers;
Whereas, soldiers need ample supplies, and increasing national debt is a
major concern of the American people;
Whereas, imposing additional tax seems out of question given the current
tough economic times;
Whereas, there are still those fortunate Americans with financial means
who desire to bear their share of the our soldiers' sacrifice ;
Whereas, the setting up of a webpage urging Asian Americans to be AMONG
THE FIRST to voluntarily contribute 1% of their disposable income or
$1,000 to the United States government will help advance or resolve the
concerns expressed above; and
Whereas, a side benefit of this valiant effort is to counter the prejudiced
perception that Asian Americans are "perpetual foreigners," which has
given impetus to the maintenance of the glass ceiling over Asian
Americans in private industries, universities and even the federal
government.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that 80-20 PAC shall set up a website urging
Asian Americans to voluntarily contribute 1% of their disposable
income or $1,000 to the United States government to concretely demonstrate
shared sacrifice in support of the upcoming surge announced by President
Obama. (Resolution ends.)

There is a broader message here. America faces huge challenges today.
It's time for us to OFFER sharing the burdens VOLUNTARILY in order to overcome
a few major challenges quickly. The influence of the Asian Am. community on our
nation may be small. But we can try.

Go to http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/dm/8/9p . Show America that we,
Asian Americans, care deeply. Fill out the blanks. Click on the "Done button".
Your name will appear in the CONTRIBUTORS' list below the done button automatically.

Visit the site NOW to also find out who have already pledged $1,000
each. Many of our best and brightest have committed & there will be many
more to come. Together, we shall pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and
make ourselves equal citizens.

80-20 gratefully acknowledges the endorsement of this project by John S.
Chen, Chairman, Comm. of 100, and Rajen Anand, Chairman, National
Federation of Indian Americans, NFIA.

Respectfully,

S.B. Woo
Acting Executive Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC, Inc.

A Chinaman's Chance

Dear fellow Asian Americans:

How many of you have heard the expression, “a Chinaman's chance"
and wondered about its origin?

The historical context of the phrase comes from the Gold rush days of
pre-California, where many Chinese came to work as “coolies,” hard
laborers for gold mining and building the transcontinental railroad.

In this employ, they were sought out for the demanding and
dangerous jobs involving explosives, often for half the pay of the Irish
workers.

Yet the Chinese faced higher taxes, denials of legal status (not to
mention citizenship), and family reunion with their spouses and
family. They did not even have the right to testify in court against
violence and grievous crimes committed against them. The Chinese
were deemed to be so lowly, uncivilized and depraved that the courts
would not debase itself to hear their testimony .

Without recourse to the courts and law, the early Chinese settler’s had
“a Chinaman’s chance” to receive fairness and justice. Many were beaten
and robbed with impunity and some died a violent death. You
can learn about this early history by watching Bill Moyer’s PBS series
“Becoming American, The Chinese Experience.”

The American Civil Rights movement was preceded by a long history
of gross miscarriages of justice and bloodshed. Like the African
Americans, AsAms have come a long way in the long struggle for
equality. However, the pain of discrimination is still felt in America.
By AsAm being denied equal salary for equal work. . . Denied equal
opportunity for career advancement . . . By our children having to
leap over higher bars in order to gain admission to top schools . . .

80-20 PAC is the single hardest working AsAm organization fighting
day in and day out for your equality. From securing landmark
promises from President Obama to enforce EO11246 to gaining
more AsAm federal judges, 80-20 never shrank away from the
toughest battles and challenges. Yet this national burden is born on
the backs of a mere 2,000 or so dues-paying members. We
have achieved landmark progress under the leadership of
Dr. SB Woo. We are closer than ever before to realizing our dream,
but this is no time to be complacent; or to rest on our laurels.

In order to succeed, we must present a strong case and persuade
the Dept of Labor to enforce EO11246. This equal opportunity law has
been enforced for Blacks, Hispanics and women—but not yet for AsAms!
We must redouble our efforts, and we need your help to succeed.

If you are one of our loyal dues-paying members, we thank you from
the bottom of our heart. If not, won’t you please do your part TODAY?
Become a dues-paying member NOW at http://www.80-20initiative.net .
Your membership will be good till 12/31/2010 i.e. for the remainder
of this year and the next. Join us in the fight for equal opportunity
and justice, so that this nation we love will become a more perfect Union.

Not sure if you are a member? Find out here:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp .

In another 10 years, on the 20th anniversary of 80-20, let it be
remembered that YOU did your part; that YOU joined in this noble fight
and made a difference. For yourself, for future generations of AsAms, and
for our nation. Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you.

Ed

Dr. Edward Lin
Director, 80-20 Initiative
Equal Opportunity and Justice for ALL Asian Americans
e-
mail: elin [at] ingenious [dot] com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/EdwardLin001USA