Thursday, August 05, 2004

80-20's Endorsement Convention Announcement

VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

****Candidates for delegate to 80-20's Endorsement Convention
MUST be dues-paying members by the time the announcement
for candidates is made. Be a member today. ******


Good News:

1. 80-20 has gotten a lot of good publicity lately, including an
editorial from The World Journal affirming 80-20's effort on
behalf of the Asian American community. See
http://www.80-20initiative.net/WJ040804.html

India Abroad will publish an article by Gorge Joseph on 80-20.
Hyphen, an Asian Am. magazine has an article on 80-20.
Philippine News & Asian Journal published articles about 80-20.
Indian Americans listservs, The World Journal, Chao Pao, Mei-Nan Newspaper Chain all published a long article by S. B. Woo entitled

"HOW TO VOTE IN 2004 TO WIN BIG BENEFITS
FOR OUR COMMUNITY. " See
http://www.80-20initiative.net/empower.html (English)
http://www.80-20initiative.net/empowerCh.html (Chinese)

2. CHAPTERS PLEASE NOTE: Our two chapters in Missouri, a
CONTESTED state, jointly developed a good questionnaire for its
gubernatorial candidates. Please visit its neat website for
contents of that questionnaire and the responses from the candidates. Other 80-20 chapters may want to consult Missouri chapter's splendid work.
See http://80-20.mmcaweb.org/election.php

3. S.B. Woo will be speaking in Morgantown, West Virginia on 8/14, Saturday. West Virginia is a CONTESTED state. Location & Time:
Morgantown Waterfront Radisson Hotel, Annual conference of
Association of Chinese Professionals. SB speaks at 10 a.m.


Any US citizen or permanent resident can be a member TODAY
using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html or
http://www.80-20.info/membership.html .
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK
of the check.

Basic membership is $35; Family (2 voters) is $50, Life
Membership is $1,000. Student membership is $15.