80-20 Initiative: September 2016

Monday, September 12, 2016

80-20 Delays Its Endorsement & Great News

EXTRA, EXTRA - GREAT NEWS

Harvard was ordered by court to release six years of admissions data. The

lawsuit was brought by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), supported by Ed Blum. Just a few days ago, 80-20 Educational Foundation donated $5,000 to SFFA. 80-20 fights for the AsAm community the smart and effective way. YOU may also want to consider donating to SFFA.

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The Real Purpose of our Endorsement Convention (EC)

What do you think is the real purpose of 80-20's EC? (1) or (2)?

(1) To endorse either Clinton or Trump?

(2) To advance AsAms' rightful interests by creating a win-win situation for

either Clinton or Trump and for the endorsed candidate to help AsAms win?

Correct Answer: (2).

Next, you'll quickly understand why 80-20's EC may be delayed, perhaps

indefinitely?

An Advantage
of an Electronic
EC
-- it can Be Delayed Indefinitely

The delegates in past ECs met physically in a given location. Hence, we

had to fix a date so that delegates could purchase airfare in advance. For the electronic EC this year, delegates may meet upon a short notice. Hence, 80-20 is NOT going to endorse anyone, until we are certain that 1 or both are reasonably willing to help AsAms back.

Sec. Clinton spent a huge amount of time visiting to black churches, union halls and conventions, Jewish American community gatherings, and Hispanic community gatherings.

Asian Ams are 5% of our nation's population. Has Sec. Clinton spent anywhere near 5% of her campaign time speaking to AsAms? NO! Was it because she didn't get many AsAm invitations or that she didn't think that we are worthy her time? 80-20 means to find out. We have invited her to speak for 5 to 10 minutes to our EC telling us why she deserves our endorsement, and then do a brief Q&A session. The date can be any weekend date between now and the end of October.

An almost identical invitation was extended to Mr. Trump for the same reasons.

Isn't October too late to Endorse?

Of course it is. But 80-20 is not about to deliver a bloc vote to any candidates,

until we confirm that the candidate values us and will give us our due share.

The later we endorse, the less we can help the endorsed candidate. The later

we endorse, the more some Delegates will vote to endorse the candidate who is ahead in the poll at that moment. Yes, October is too late.

But the pressure is on the presidential candidates. If they want our bloc vote, they need to walk in our shoes and understand our aspirations.

80-20 thinks that it is BETTER not to endorse a candidate who is not willing to give us our due share. Many AsAm organizations have endorsed candidates without asking them to help back. But 80-20 is different. We are tough as nails when it comes to fighting for your rightful benefits and your rightful share of respect from the presidential candidates.

FORWARD THIS EMAIL to AsAms in the battleground states. Neither

Clinton nor Trump gets our vote UNTIL they are willing to ask for our vote.

S. B. Woo

President and a volunteer for the past 18 years

80-20 Initiative, Inc.

http://www.80-20initiative.com/index.php

View a GREAT video about AsAms: https://youtu.be/2lUnFI0PW5o

http://youtu.be/h781_ECSJYM

80-20 Mission Statement

Tuesday, September 06, 2016

Delegates Elected. EC may delay endorsement.

Delegates elected. EC may delay its endorsement.

Empowering Asian Ams; Executing with Integrity

DEMOCRATS

1 Alice Huang 79.46%

2 Kathleen To 77.68%

3 Elaine Su 75.45%

4 Jinliang Cai 73.88%

5 Stella Yu 72.10%

6 Jack Tak Fok Ling 71.43%

7 Piyush Agrawal 67.63%

8 Tony Tsai 65.63%

9 Kansen Chu 63.84%

10 Gary Tang 59.82%

11 Michael Wu 57.81%

ALTERNATE

Benjamin Wang 56.92%

REPUBLICANS

1 Jing-li Yu 65.18%

2 Kaichang Li 62.05%

3 Richard Hsu 61.38%

4 John Liu 60.04%

5 Yang Hong 59.15%

6 Hanming Tu 57.81%

7 Wei-jing Zhu 57.14%

8 Kai Zhang 56.70%

9 Chris Cheung 56.25%

10 Hao Ni 55.58%

11 W. K. Leung 42.63%

ALTERNATES

Hank Liao (1st Alternate) 40.85%

Sudha Agrawal (2nd Alternate) 39.73%

INDEPENDENTS

1 S.B. Woo 77.23%

2 Mark Xu 63.17%

3 Henry Lee 62.72%

4 Farland Chang 62.05%

5 Stephen Lin 62.05%

6 Ichun Lai 61.61%

7 Qing Li 60.71%

8 Fan Jiao 55.36%

9 Ronald Fong 54.02%

10 Yiting Yang 52.46%

11 Chris Chong 49.11%

ALTERNATES

David Fan (1st Alt.) 37.28%

Peter Jingge Zhang (2nd Alt.) 36.61%

Bylaws Amendment Passed

The "prohibition" article was extended by 10 years, from 2016 to 2026. 84% of the members voted for it. 4% opposed. The rest abstained.

3.6 Prohibition

Until Dec. 31, 2026 or a membership exceeding 10,000, whichever comes first, 80-20 shall not take any position in US foreign policies and/or foreign matters, except when it may impact upon its goal to achieve equal opportunity and justice for Asian Americans. The decision to invoke the exception must be approved by 3/4 (75%) of the entire Board. However, related decisions and actions subsequent to the approval of the exemption shall be governed by the Robert's Rules of Order only.

80-20's Board is extremely pleased that the amendment has passed. Why? For 2 major reasons:

(1) Engaging in U.S. foreign policy discussions may split instead of UNITE the AsAm community, given the complex history of Asia, and

(2) our average political maturity is such that our engagement in U.S. foreign policy may become counter-productive to our struggle to become full-fledged U.S. citizens.

Why not ban it permanently? NO. To engage in the evolving U.S. foreign policy is not only our right, but also our obligation. We eagerly look forward to the day when our political maturity is such that we will participate fully in this important aspect of our nation's life.

80-20's Endorsement Convention May NOT

Convene Soon

Why? Take a guess. To be explained in our next e-newsletter. Thanks.