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Subject: Council News Release CN4007-report on 2nd Teleconference
Date: 10 Oct 92 21:49:00 GMT


Dear IFCSS Members:

     The following is the report on IFCSS Council 2nd  Teleconference.
It is based on the original draft by Council chair Jinghong Li.

                 Council Secretary  Kai Hwang (signed)

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         IFCSS Council News Release 4007   Oct. 9,  1992
            Report on Council Second Teleconference
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                        Content

1. Minutes of Council Second Teleconference ...................... 85
2. Order of Meeting .............................................. 77
3. Attendees List ................................................ 39
4. Resolutions and Voting Records ............................... 264
5. IFCSS HQ Memo 4009     IFCSS HQ WORK REPORT .................. 159

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1. Minutes of Council Second Teleconference ...................... 85
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IFCSS Council held its quarterly teleconference on Oct. 3, 1992.  The
teleconference was presided by Council Chair Mr. Jinghong Li.  It started
on Oct. 3, 1992, 10:00pm EDT, lasted for five and half hours.

All sixteen Council members, four Headquarter(HQ) staffs, and five subcommittee
Chairpersons participated.  One Supervisory Committee member observed
the meeting.  A number of public observers were also on line.

The meeting started by passing the order of meeting with Council unanimous
consent.  One word in last teleconference's minutes was corrected.

Mr. Geng Xiao, President of IFCSS, reported to the Council on HQ
operations during last quarter.  A detailed IFCSS finance records and
situation report were presented, some subcommittees' work and plan were
introduced (other subcommittee Chairpersons briefed later).  Council
members raised many questions in detail concerning the finance records.
The HQ staffs tried to answer all questions.  The Council then unanimously
passed a resolution which requests the HQ to revise its financial report
and send to the Council by the end of two weeks starting from Oct. 4, 1992.

Mr. Lin Changshen, Chairperson of IFCSS Theoretical Research Committee,
introduced the plan of a IFCSS Whitepaper.  According to the plan, this
document will record IFCSS's more than three years development history.
It will need helps from many current, previous IFCSS participants
and the general public.  Mr. Lin wishes this book can help to let more
people know about IFCSS, and helps to promote democracy in China.  Mr. Lin
also answered Council members' questions.

The Council then considered HQ Nomination of Mr. Shi Heping as the
President Assistant and Chair of "The Committee on Public Relations and
Government Affairs."  The nomination was approved.

Mr. Ding Jian, Chairperson of IFCSS Communication Committee, briefed
about the preparation of IFCSS computer network / information center.
He predicted that the information center should be ready for public in
about 2 to 3 months.  He also answered questions from Council members.

Mr. Wang Shijin, Chairperson of IFCSS Professional Committee, briefed
the current situation of Professional Committee and the Chinese
Professional Club in US (CPCU).  He emphasized that more and more
students are leaving school, becoming professionals in the US.  Facing
the complex situation, he suggested to put more efforts in searching
ways of serving CSS.  Information database, exchanges with Chinese
educational/technical organizations, etc. are among the possibilities.
Mr. Wang answered Council questions, too.

Mr. Zhao Haiqing, Chairperson of IFCSS Committee of Chinese Students
Affair (CCSA), then briefed the Council.  He first introduced the
current situations on the US Congress Chinese Students Act, presented
analysis on low profile White House lobbying strategy.  Mr. Zhao then
reported the CCSA banking account for accepting lobby donations.  According
to Mr. Zhao there are total about $20,000 money donated to this account,
about $10,000 has been used for CCSA lobby activities.

On lobby issue, the HQ was also given time to report its lobby efforts
and present reasons for high pressure White House lobby strategy.  On the
lobby donation account set up by the HQ, it was reported that there are
about $12,000 collected, about $1,000 has been spent on lobby activities.

Council members raised a lot questions, mainly concentrated on current
lobby strategies and the managements of bank accounts.  Both the HQ and
CCSA agreed on the importance of public pressure, but expressed
differences on timing.  They realized that communications between them
need to be improved.  Council members urged them to cooperate and follow
the understandings reached during the Aug. 4 Emergency Meeting on Lobby.
All parties agreed on messages from IFCSS to President Bush in a meeting
with the White House scheduled on Monday Oct. 5.

While the HQ is required by Council resolution to report its finance
records in two weeks, Mr. Zhao Haiqing promised to give a financial
report on the CCSA lobby account to the Council by the same deadline.

After the subcommittees' briefs, Council discussed and voted on resolutions
proposed by members.  For detailed information, please see attached records.

Miss Li Wenyan, Chairperson of Council Finance Committee,  briefly
reported on the committees activities and plans for the near future.

Mr. Xu Yi, Chairperson of Council Rules Committee, briefly reported
about organizing CDA for refining IFCSS documents.

Recommended by Chairperson, the Council approved to reschedule her next
quarterly meeting to the 4th week of January, 1993.

The teleconference adjourned at 3:25am EDT, Oct. 4, 1992.

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Note:  Early the following week, IFCSS Supervisory Committee clerified
       two technical issues which the Counile encountered during the
       teleconference.  They are:

       1.  Motions passed with eight YES votes (half of Council members)
           are valid provided that the NO votes is less than eight.

       2.  Council quarterly regular meeting times shall not be changed
           by Council votes.

       Therefore, the next quarterly meeting is still the first week
       of Januray, 1993.

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2. Order of Meeting ............................................... 77
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                    Order of Council 2nd Teleconference

Proposed by Jinghong Li, Chairperson
Revised on Oct. 1, 1992

Note: this order is based on Council Bylaw, previous Council practices,
      and Robert's Rules of Order.  Please comment before it is adopted.


1.  The order of the council second teleconference is recommended by
    the Chairperson of the Council.  It shall be adopted by general
    consent or by a majority vote of the Council Members present in
    the teleconference.

2.  All main motions are debatable.  Other motions shall be dealt
    according to Robert's Rules of Order.  The debating time shall be
    limited and controlled.  For each motion, every member shall have
    one(1) minute to speak.  If necessary, a second round of debate
    (1 minute for each member) can be requested and seconded by
    Council members and approved by the Chair.  No more than two round
    debates shall be given to any motion.

3.  IFCSS President shall be given 15 minutes to report on the HQ
    operations, followed with sufficient time to explain and answer questions.

    Invited subcommittee Chairpersons shall be given 5 minutes each
    to brief the Council, followed with no longer than 20 minutes
    each for questions/answers.

4.  The speaking order of members shall follow the order of Council
    Directory which shall be prepared by Council Secretary.

    Each member can defer the right of speaking once on each round
    of debates.  The member shall have one and only chance at the end
    of each round to use his/her deferred rights.

    The IFCSS President shall express his positions on resolutions
    concerning the HQ operations.  Under this condition, resolutions
    passed by the Council: if with greater than 2/3 YES votes the
    IFCSS President shall not veto them;  if with simple majority,
    the Council shall not overturn a possible Presidential veto.

5.  A motion, which is not moved during the proposing period, can be
    accepted as emergency motion by a majority vote of Council members
    present in the meeting.

    Emergency motions shall be processed upon its acceptance.

6.  The conference business order shall be:

    On passage of the order of the teleconference;
    On Council unfinished business, last teleconference's minutes;
    On IFCSS White-Book briefing;
    On IFCSS HQ report;
    On passage of IFCSS HQ staff and committee Chairperson nomination;
    On IFCSS Communication briefing;
    On IFCSS Professional briefing;
    On IFCSS CCSA briefing;
    On passage of motions may be raised by Council members in regarding
       to HQ or subcommittees reports;
    On passage of motions raised by Council members;
    On passage of emergency motions might be raised by Council members;

7.  The conference shall be presided by Council Chairperson.  The Co-chair
    shall take over the responsibility when the Chairperson participates
    in the debate.

8.  Any disputes or confusions shall be solved by following Council Bylaw,
    if not defined, then Robert's Rules of Order.
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The order of meeting was adopted by unanimous consent.

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3. Attendees List ................................................. 39
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Council Members:

Dong, Liqun
Fan, Hongran
Huang, Songyun
Hwang, Kai
Li, Chenjian
Li, Gang
Li, Jinghong
Li, Wenyan
Liu, Yuhe
Mu, Liyue
Qi, Yenong
Qian, Jianjun
Shen, Tong
Tang, Jianxin
Xu, Bing
Xu, Yi

HQ Staffs:

Xiao Geng
Baoping He
Qingsong Zhang
Heping Shi

HQ Working Committee Chairpersons:

Changshen Lin
Jian Ding
Shijin Wang
Haiqing Zhao
Hong Gao

SVC Observer

Zhao Yue

Total of 26 people

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4. Resolutions and Voting Records ................................ 264
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CP4012  Resolution on HQ Finanical Report
By Finance Committee

Whereas there are some unclear records and explanations in regarding
to IFCSS President's quarterly financial report;

Be it resolved that the HQ revises its quarterly financial report
which should include all legal documents.  The format of the report
should be worked out by Council Finance Committee and HQ Treasurer.

Be it further resolved that the report be sent to the Council by
the end of two weeks starting Oct. 4, 1992.

CP4012 was adopted as CR4010 by unanimous consent.

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     Approval of IFCSS President's Nomination

The nomination was approved by unanimous consent.

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          A Message from Geng Xiao, President of IFCSS
                         Nominating
           Shi Heping as Assistant to the President &
   Committee on Public Relations and Government Affairs


Dear Members of IFCSS Council:

     I hereby make the following nominations and hope that
they will be approved by the upcoming 2nd Council tele-
conference:

     I nominate Shi Heping as the Assistant to the President
and the chairman of Government Affairs Committee.

     Mr. Shi Heping is a graduate student in Virginia Tech,
a veteran IFCSS activist. He has served as the associate
executive director in the first term of IFCSS, has served
as the president of CSSA at Virginia Tech.

     The Committee on Public Relations and Government Affairs
is a separate Committee from the Student Affairs Committee. It
was chaired by Huang Yuangeng in the past and had such successful
programs as the Family Reunion Program.

     I am willing to answer questions regarding this nomination.

Sincerely,

Geng Xiao (signed)

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CP4013

IFCSS Council Statement on Mr. Shen Tong and His Colleagues Detention

by Chenjian Li and Tong Shen / Songyun Huang

Whereas we are appalled by the Chinese Government's illegal detention
of Mr. Shen Tong, a student at Boston University, and his colleagues;

Whereas the Chinese Government again blatantly violated basic human rights
and broke its own promise on the safe return of oversea Chinese students;

Be it resolved that the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and
Scholars (IFCSS) in U.S.A. voices her complete support to Mr. Shen Tong
and his colleagues' dedication to the pro-democracy movement in China.

Be it further resolved that the IFCSS demands unconditional release of
them and the safe return of Mr. Shen Tong on behalf of the Chinese
Students and Scholars in the U.S.A.

Dong, Liqun     A
Fan, Hongran    Y
Huang, Songyun  Y
Hwang, Kai      Y
Li, Chenjian    Y
Li, Gang        Y
Li, Jinghong    Y
Li, Wenyan      Y
Liu, Yuhe       Y
Mu, Liyue       Y
Qi, Yenong      Y
Qian, Jianjun   Y
Shen, Tong      Y
Tang, Jianxin   Y
Xu, Bing        Y
Xu, Yi          Y
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15 YES, 0 NO, 1 ABSTAIN;  CP4013 was adopted as CR4011 with one amendment.
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Amendment to CP4013
By Gang Li / Yuhe Liu

Replace the term "Chinese Government" with "Beijing regime" throughout
the text.

Voting record:

Dong, Liqun     N
Fan, Hongran    Y
Huang, Songyun  Y
Hwang, Kai      N
Li, Chenjian    Y
Li, Gang        Y
Li, Jinghong    N
Li, Wenyan      A
Liu, Yuhe       Y
Mu, Liyue       A
Qi, Yenong      A
Qian, Jianjun   A
Shen, Tong      Y
Tang, Jianxin   Y
Xu, Bing        A
Xu, Yi          Y
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8 YES, 3 NO, 5 ABSTAIN;  Amendment was adopted;

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CP4014  RESOLUTION RELATED TO IFCSS HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM

by Wenyan Li and Liqun Dong / Liyue Mu

Whereas it is necessary to inform the local CSSs that their participation
of IFCSS health insurance program will help the financial situation of both
IFCSS and local organizations through the health insurance commission.

Whereas local CSSs are always the grassroots of IFCSS and their involvement
to IFCSS is always very important.  Therefore the excellent student
service is needed and the basic finance regulation related to health
insurance selling program should be established.

Be it resolved,

Council Finance Committee together with HQ and Students Service Committee
shall draft IFCSS health insurance program financial regulations.
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CP4014 was adopted by unanimous consent as CR4012


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CP4015  Resolution on IFCSS HQ and its Subcommittee Operation
By IFCSS Financial Committee

     Whereas all the IFCSS Working Committees were established by the
resolutions of IFCSS Congresses, and
     Whereas the works done by the Working Committees has been and still are of
vital importance to the success of IFCSS, and
     Whereas the IFCSS Administrative Office (HQ) should keep close contact with
all the Working Committees and provide help and guidance in the cases of needs
and within its capability, and
     Whereas the IFCSS Council should be informed in a timely manner of the
performance and/or progress of all the Working Committees,
     Resolved that the HQ is requested to pay close attentions to the needs
and difficulties of all the Working Committees, especially financial
difficulties, and
     Resolved that the HQ is suggested to help the Working Committees with
difficulties, if it is capable of doing so, and
     Resolved that the HQ is requested to give a brief report of the
performance and/or progress of all the Working Committees at each regular
Council meeting, starting with the Council meeting of January, 1993.

Dong, Liqun     Y
Fan, Hongran    A
Huang, Songyun  A
Hwang, Kai      A
Li, Chenjian    A
Li, Gang        Y
Li, Jinghong    A
Li, Wenyan      Y
Liu, Yuhe       N
Mu, Liyue       A
Qi, Yenong      Y
Qian, Jianjun   Y
Shen, Tong      Y
Tang, Jianxin   A
Xu, Bing        N
Xu, Yi          A

6 YES, 2 NO, 8 ABSTAIN;  CP4015 was not adopted;

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CP4016  Resolution on IFCSS HQ Budget
By IFCSS Financial Committee

     Whereas the IFCSS annual budget was based on estimations of revenue, and
     Whereas financial changes and difficulties may occur during the current
term, and
     Whereas the IFCSS annual budget may need to be adjusted,
     Resolved that, besides the quarterly financial report, the Administrative
Office of IFCSS (HQ) is requested to submit a financial plan for the second-half
of this fiscal year to the quarterly Council meeting of January, 1993.

Dong, Liqun     Y
Fan, Hongran    Y
Huang, Songyun  Y
Hwang, Kai      Y
Li, Chenjian    Y
Li, Gang        Y
Li, Jinghong    Y
Li, Wenyan      Y
Liu, Yuhe       Y
Mu, Liyue       Y
Qi, Yenong      Y
Qian, Jianjun   Y
Shen, Tong      Y
Tang, Jianxin   Y
Xu, Bing        A
Xu, Yi          A

14 YES, 0 NO, 2 ABSTAIN;  CP4016 was adopted as CR4013.


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CP4017 Emergency Motion to Establish Council Personnel Committee
       as Council Standing Committee

By Hongran Fan / Yuhe Liu

Voting on acceptance to the meeting:

Dong, Liqun     Y
Fan, Hongran    Y
Huang, Songyun  A
Hwang, Kai      A
Li, Chenjian    Y
Li, Gang        Y
Li, Jinghong    A
Li, Wenyan      A
Liu, Yuhe       Y
Mu, Liyue       Y
Qi, Yenong      A
Qian, Jianjun   Y
Shen, Tong      Y
Tang, Jianxin   A
Xu, Bing        Y
Xu, Yi          A

9 YES, 0 NO, 7 ABSTAIN;  CP4017 was accepted as an Emergency Motion.

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Whereas Council needs better communications with HQ on personnel matters;

Be it resolved that Council shall establish Personnel Committee as
Council standing committee;

Be it further resolved that the Personnel Committee be formed by the same
members in the temporary committee established by CR4007.

Dong, Liqun     Y
Fan, Hongran    Y
Huang, Songyun  Y
Hwang, Kai      A
Li, Chenjian    Y
Li, Gang        Y
Li, Jinghong    A
Li, Wenyan      Y
Liu, Yuhe       Y
Mu, Liyue       Y
Qi, Yenong      Y
Qian, Jianjun   Y
Shen, Tong      Y
Tang, Jianxin   Y
Xu, Bing        Y
Xu, Yi          A

13 YES, 0 NO, 3 ABSTAIN;  CP4017 was adopted as CR4014.

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5. IFCSS HQ Memo 4009     IFCSS HQ WORK REPORT ............... 159
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October 1, 1992
To:  IFCSS Council


                        IFCSS HQ WORK REPORT

                             XIAO GENG
                          July - Sept. 1992


               A. THIRD TERM IFCSS FINANCIAL REPORT
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     Balance Left ( June 30, 1992 )

          IFCSS Foundation                              $27,774.01
          IFCSS INC.                                     $8,730.46
          IFCSS N.E.D.                                   $9,429.86
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          Total                                         $45,934.33

     Overleft Paid By Fourth Term  ( July & Aug. )

          4th Congress                                  $27,270.71
          Roundtable Meeting                             $1,305.53
          June 4th Rally                                   $762.68
          Traveling                                      $4,701.70
          Tel. & Mail & Copy & Office Sup.               $3,116.71
          Tax Withholding                                $1,350.32
          Lobby                                            $411.71
          Staff Rent                                     $1,500.00
          Insurance Return                                 $156.12
          Supervisory Committee                            $145.97
          Service Charge                                    $24.73
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          Total                                         $40,746.18

     Actual Balance From Third Term  ( Aug. 31, 1992 )   $5,188.15


     Financial Estimation Of Thrid Term

          Revenue:  Insurance ( June 1992 )              $3,095.90
                    Registration Fee (4th Cong.)         $6,689.00
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                    Total                                $9,784.90

        Liability:  Staff Salary ( May & June )          $9,609.68
                    Insurance Return ( Local Campus )   $11,689.60
                    Reimbursment ( estimated )         $5,000.00
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                    Total                               $26,299.28
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        Balance Of Thrid Term ( estimated )            -$11,326.23




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              B. FOURTH TERM IFCSS FINANCIAL REPORT
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                    ( July - Spet. 1992 )


     Revenue ( July - Aug. 1992 )                         $2,704.73

     Expenditure ( July - Aug. 1992 )
          Office Rent                                     $1,745.78
          Staff Rent                                        $680.00
          Office Supply                                     $128.00
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          Total                                           $2,553.78
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     Balance                                                $150.95

          CSS-Protection Account ( July & Aug. )
               Revenue                                   $12,977.10
               Expandeture                                $1,958.20
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               Balance                                   $11,018.90


     Revenue ( Sept. 1992 )
          Donation From Society                          $50,940.00
          Student Service                                $19,759.00
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          Total                                          $70,699.00

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                C. CURRENT HQ AND WORKING COMMITTEE PROJECTS
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      1.  Chinese Student Protection Act lobbying

      2.  Community Information Center

      3.  IFCSS Newsletter

      4.  Scholarship to College Student in China

      5.  Visiting Taiwan

      6.  Manual for New Students

      7.  Insurance Negotiation (1993 program)

      8.  Mass Mailing (Fund-raising)


      9.  Family Reunion

     10.  Upgrading IFCSS Email Communication Network

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           D. Rules for Managing Insurance Commission
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      1.  40% of the commissions should be allocated to local
          CSS organizations.

      2.  Commissions for local CSS should be deposited into
          a separate banking account.

      3.  The HQ should make public announcement on the commisions
          to local CSS in every three months. The local schools
          have a three month period to claim the commissions
          starting from the date of announcement. Unclaimed
          commissions goes into the following purposes:

      4.  Unclaimed commissions should be used to pay the debt left
          from last term (third term). The rest will be saved as
          a special fund for next Congress.

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              E.  Budget for Working Committees
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      1.  Each of the working committees should have a base budget
          of $600 to the end of the year. Funds are available for
          special projects.

      2.  Telephone allowance:
          Council members:      $30/month
          Council Chairperson   $50/month
          SVC Members           $30/month

      3.  Council and SVC members may request for reimbursement once
          in three months.

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