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.
S. B. Woo
President, a volunteer for the past 18 years
80-20 Initiative, Inc.
http://www.80-20initiative.com/index.php
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