Subject: IFCSS Council 2nd Telecon Minutes

From: chair (IFCSS Council Chair)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 94 23:04:49 CDT

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Brief ............................................................... 25
Procedure Outline ...................................................  9
Voting Records .....................................................  73
Surplus ............................................................. 10
Text of Resolusions Adpoted ........................................ 120
Procedure Brief ..................................................... 92

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[ Brief ]
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Time:          10/8/94  9:00 p.m. -- 3:00 a.m. (EDT)

Attendants:	   IFCSS council members ( 16 attendees )
               Northeast Region:     Lu Wenhe, Xin Ku
               East Region:          Liu Chen, Lu Shuping
               Mid-atlantic Region:  Shao Qing, Zhang Tongtong
               Southeast Region:     Qi Jushen, Yu Senqiu
               Mid-west Region:      Tao Ye, Zhong Ling
               Southwest Region:     Ge Xun, Sun Ying
               Northwest Region:     Tang Guangzhong, Tang Yingxing
               Pacific Region:       Li Jinghong, Liu Xiang

Participants:  Luo Ning	(IFCSS President)
               Luo Lishi (IFCSS SVC Coordinator)
               Lu  Ping	( IFCSS SVC Regular Observer)

During the teleconference, HQ, SVC, and Council budget proposals were
discussed, amended and passed;  HQ work plan and personnel proposals 
were reviewed amended and approved;  Several resolutions were adopted
including 1) Regarding HQ and President's duties and responsibilities;
2) On request Zhou Honguang's Apology;  and 3) On promoting human rights
in Chian.  The conference lasted about six hours.

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[ Procedure Outline ]
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1. Introduction/adoption of the agenda for the teleconference.
2. Debate/amend/vote on HQ, SVC, and Council's budget proposals
3. Evaluate/adopt of HQ's working plan/working committees and
   their personnel nominations.
4. Discuss/Pass the financial manual suggested by Jeff Lin
5. Discuss the proposal on June 4th Fundation
6. Discuss/vote Resolutions submitted
7. Discuss issues from last meeting, miscellanies, etc.

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[ Voting Records ]
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           BSVC  BHQ1  BHQ2  BHQ3  MOI   BALL  OR1   ORII  MOIII 
Ge   Xun     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     N     
Li   J.Hong  Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     Y     
Lu   Shuping A     A     N     Y     N     N     Y    Y     A     
Lu   Wenhe   Y     Y     A     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     Y     
Liu  Cheng   N     N     N     N     Y     N     /    N     -
Liu  Xiang   Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     N     
Qi   Jushen  Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     N     
Shao Qing    Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     N     
Sun  Ying    Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    A     Y     
Tang G.Zhong N     A     N     N     Y     N     N    N     A     
Tang Y.Xing  A     Y     Y     Y     A     A     Y    Y     Y     
Tao  Ye      Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     Y     
Xin  Ku      Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     N     
Yu   Senqiu  A     A     N     A     Y     A     Y    A     Y     
Zhang T.Tong A     Y     A     Y     Y     Y     Y    Y     N     
Zhong Ling   Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y     Y    N     N     
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where, Y=Yeah, N=Nay, A=Abstain, /=Absent, -=Absent without reason.

1. The agenda of the meeting was adopted unanimously.

2. [Budget-SVC: on not allocating funds for SVC to investigate 5th
term's financial situation.] was adopted [with 10 Yeah, 4 Abstains, 2
Nay, 0 Absent].

3. [Budget-HQ1: on not allocating funds for vice-president.] was
adopted [with 12 Yeah, 3 Abstains, 1 Nay, 0 Absent].

4. [Budget-HQ2: on resetting HQ personnel's salary.] was
adopted [with 10 Yeah, 2 Abstains, 4 Nay, 0 Absent].

5. [Budget-HQ3: on resetting HQ's travel expense.] was
adopted [with 13 Yeah, 1 Abstains, 2 Nay, 0 Absent].

6. [Motion I  : on quitting debate & voting on the budget proposal
immediately.] was adopted [with 14 Yeah, 1 Abstains, 1 Nay, 0 Absent].

7. [Budget-All: on adopting the revised budget proposal.] was adopted
[with 11 Yeah, 2 Abstains, 3 Nay, 0 Absent].

8. The working plans of the working committees were adopted
unanimously.

9. The personnel nominations of the working committees were adopted
unanimously.

10.The revised financial manual was adopted unanimously.

11.[Motion II :  on setting up a taskforce for 6.4. foundation] was
adopted unanimously.

12.[OR I  : on clarifying Certain Responsibilities of the President]
was adopted as CR6008 [with 14 Yeah, 0 Abstains, 1 Nay, 1 Absent].

13.[OR II : on requesting Zhou Hongguang's Apology] was adopted as
CR6009 [with 11 Yeah, 2 Abstains, 3 Nay, 0 Absent].

14.[OR III : on ??? ] was adopted as CR6010 unanimously. 

15.[Motion III: on referring the issue regarding some IFCSS officers
being interfered by Embassy personnel to certain council's committee]
was rejected [with 6 Yeah, 2 Abstains, 7 Nay, 1 Absent].

16.[OR IV : on filing complaints regarding IFCSS officers being 
interfered by the Embassy personnels] was adopted as CR6011 
unanimously.

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1. Council Finance Committee will inspect the HQ spending records
   during July-September of 1994, as well as the last term.

2. More to be done for setting up the task force for June 4th foundation.

3. The exchange program still needs further confirmation.

4. A registered mail will be sent to Mr. Zhou Hongguang regarding
   CR6009 on his action.

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[CR6009]: Resolution on Clarifying Certain Responsibilities of 
          the President
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by Liu Xiang / Li Jinghong

Whereas, IFCSS is a non-profit organization with several full time
staffs working in its Headquarters currently located in Washington D.C.;

Whereas, a normal, functional organization has to follow certain
publically accepted office working rules and regulations;

Whereas, the President of IFCSS as the sole executive officer has
the duty of making the HQ operating professionally and responsibly;

Whereas, there have been cases in the past that the president and
the HQ acted in ways and manners irresponsibly and unprofessionally;

Whereas, the Council of IFCSS bears the responsibility and is
empowered by IFCSS Constitution to regulate so that the HQ 
operation be conducted properly and improved over the time;

Be it resolved, the 6th term president of IFCS shall set
specific HQ office working regulations and HQ personnel conduct
ethic standards.  The president shall report on these matters
to the Council email network within 30 days upon the adoption of
this resolution;

Be it further resolved, the president shall report to the
Council in case of the president's own absent from the HQ office
as specified below:

a) for 3 to 5 working days absent from the HQ office and the sole
   purpose is for IFCSS business, the president shall inform the
   Council Chairperson and Secretary at least 2 working days in advance;

b) for 6 to 10 working days absent from the HQ office and the sole
   purpose is for IFCSS business, the president shall report to the
   Council at least 5 working days in advance;

c) for more than 10 working days absent from the HQ office and the sole
   purpose is for IFCSS business, the president shall report to the
   Council at least 10 working days in advance, and shall not start
   the trip without at least half Council members consent.

Failing to do any of the above, the president's absent from HQ office
shall be considered as absent without proper cause and without pay, and
shall be base for Council immediate actions including possible impeachment.

Be it further resolved, that for any absent from the HQ office without
propose cause for more than 5 working days by the president, the Vice
President of IFCSS shall be the Acting President until the Council's
formal action by resolution.  Upon his/her return or re-appearance at
the HQ office, the president shall report to the Council and shall
not re-assume his/her duty and power as the president without the
Council's formal approval by resolution.

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[CR6010]: Resolution on Requesting Zhou Hongguang's Apology
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by Lu Wenhe / Xin Ku

Based on the " The IFCSS Supervisory Committee's Statement on 
Appeals Related to the IFCSS Financial Inspection, July
18th, 1994" presented by the IFCSS Supervisory Committee 
of the 5th term, the IFCSS 6th term Council hereby resolute that

1. Mr. Zhou Hongguang, the former member of Finance subcommittee
of 5th Council apologize publicly to IFCSS for knowingly 
issuing an unauthorized open letter to the public dated January 8,
1994.

2. the letter of apology be publically distributed to the Chinese
Community Forum (CCF) and other electronic news media wherever the 
open letter was published.

3. this letter of apology by Mr. Zhou Hongguang must be accepted 
by IFCSS Finance Committee and be delivered to public no later
than Nov. 30, 1994.

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[CR6011] Resolution on promoting human rights in China
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by  Li Jinghong / Ge Xun

Whereas the IFCSS Council recognize that the purpose of the IFCSS foundation 
includes, to disseminate information and educate the public regarding the demo-
cratic  movement in China, to promote freedom, democracy, the rule of law and  
human rights in China as clearly definined by the IFCSS Bylaw.
 
Whereas the Council greatly concerns that there are continued reports on human
rights violation in China since last June.
 
Whereas the council realizes that there is a scheduled talk between Chinese
Government and United State Government on human rights issue.
 
Be it resolved,
 
The IFCSS should collect all the information on human rights violation 
in China and keep the public informed about this situation regularly.

The IFCSS should closely monitor the devolepment of the talk between the 
Chinese Government and United State Government on human rights issue and 
raise her serious concerns on the issue to both the Chinese and US 
government. In order for the IFCSS's concerns to be well heard, the HQ
shall present the collected information on human rights in China to thee
both sides of the talk.  
 
The IFCSS will cooperate with other organizations to make contribution to
the improvement of human rights in China.

The HQ should keep the council and the public well informed on the progress. 

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[NOTE: only principal motions are numbered and listed as Motion ##]

Session One, Chair Jinghong Li, Secretary Tongtong Zhang

21:00 -- 21:30     Introduction 

   General information  [Li]
   Adoption of rules and agenda of the meeting
   Brief introduction to the resolutions/motions to be discussed
   Accepting of the Minutes for 1st council telconf
   IFCSS current situation updates [Luo]

21:30 -- 23:00     Budget related issues 
     
   Report from Council's finance committee [Lu, Xin]
     a. Opinions on HQ's budget proposal
     b. Disagreements b/w HQ and CFC.

   Discussion of SVC's budget proposal [Budget-SVC]
     a. Comments from SVC [Luo L.S.]
     b. Questions & answers & debates & voting

   Discussion of HQ's budget proposal
     a. Payment allocated for vice-president [Budget-HQ1]
     b. Salary standard for HQ personnel [Budget-HQ2]
        c. HQ's travel expense [Budget-HQ3]

23:00 -- 23:40  Working committee related issues

   Report from Council's evaluation committee on:

     a. Human Rights
     b. Humanitarian 
     c. Chinese Community Information Center (CCIC)
        d. Consultation Service 
        e. Civil Rights 
        f. Exchange     
        g. Educational Rescue 
        h. Interschool Activities 

   Discussion related to Exchange Working Committees

23:40 -- 00:10  Discussion/voting of the budget proposal
     
   Discussion
   Motion I [on quitting debate & voting on the budget 
          proposal immediately] [Ge]
   Voting/passing of the budget [Budget-All]

00:10 -- 00:40     Passing of the working committee nomination 

   Report from Council's evaluation committee 
   Discussion related to Exchange Working Committees

00:40 -- 00:55     Financial Manual related issue

   Report from Council's finance committee [Zhong]
   Discussion on omitting items 18,20,21
   Accepting of the financial manual 

00:55 -- 1:10     June 4th foundation related issue

   Proposal on 6.4 foundation [Luo]
   Discussion
   Motion II [on setting up a taskforce for 6.4. foundation]

Session Two, Chair Qing Shao, Secretary Shuping Lu

1:10  -- 2:30     Resolutions related discussion

   Withdrawal of 3 proposals
   OR-I [on clarifying Certain Responsibilities of the President]
   Questions & answers & voting 
   OR-II[on requesting Zhou Hongguang's Apology]
   Questions & answers & debates & voting
   OR-III[on human rights]
   Questions & answers & debates & voting

2:30 -- 3:40     Issues from last meeting, miscellanies, etc.
     
   Work of Rule committee
   HQ's releasing the information on delegates of 6th IFCSS congress 
   IFCSS's legal status
   issue on IFCSS officers being interfered by the Embassy personnels
   OR-IV[on filing complaints regarding IFCSS officers being
         interfered by the Embassy personnels]
   Motion III [on referring issue to certain council's committee]
   Questions & answers & debates & voting

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