Subject: IFCSS Working Committee Report

From: IFCSS HQ <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 16:03:21 -0500

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IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 5109  February 17, 1994 
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Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
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          IFCSS Working Meeting Special Report (4)
           Professional Affairs Committee Report
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On February 6, 1994, Dr. Yanpei Deng, Chairman of IFCSS
Professional Affairs Committee, presented to the Working Meeting
a report on his committee's work. We encourage you to give your
input and suggestions by contacting Mr. Deng Yanpei at the
address provided below. Here is Mr. Deng's report:

It has been four years since IFCSS was founded in 1989.  Since
then, large number of Chinese students and scholars (CSS) have
graduated from schools and started their professional career in
the U.S., and many of them are IFCSS veterans.  These CSS are
basically the people with advanced degrees and great deal of
knowledge in their professional fields, some of them have already
made great achievement.  The mission of the IFCSS's Professional
Affairs Committee (PAC) (SHE4 TUAN2 SHI4 WU4 GONG1 ZUO4 WEI3
YUAN2 HUI4), as the old name of the Professional Club, is to
build the communication channels and strengthen the connections
between IFCSS and the local CSS organizations, to provide
services and forum for the Chinese professionals in the U.S.

Local CSS professional organizations

It has been a mutual understanding both inside IFCSS and among
CSS general public that IFCSS must give great attention toward
its grass root organizations.  The most majority of the CSS
organizations are formed on the basis of regions (e.g. East
Tennessee Chinese Association and Midwest Chinese Science and
Culture Association).  These regional organizations attract local
CSS professionals and provide social, cultural, and entertaining 
opportunities for their members.  PAC has compiled the
information of many the local CSS professional organizations
nationwide, the act of making contacts is on process.  

Professional Data Bank

PAC is setting a computerized CSS Professional Data Bank (PDB) to
help the CSS professionals seeking employment in various areas. 
PDB has been collecting information from the CSS professional and
will provide such information to the potential employers, the
employment service agencies, and related information centers. 
PDB will also provide the information to the different levels of
governmental Human Resources Offices, companies, and information
centers in China.  The service of PDB for CSS will be free, 
however, fee may will be charged for the information and service
for these interested employers and agencies.

Nationwide CSS professional organizations

Some of the organization are established on the basis of common
goals (e.g. Chinese Academy Link and China News Digest) or as
fields of professions (e.g., the associations for political
science and economics).  These two types are usually the
nationwide organizations.  PAC is forming an Advisory 
Board consist of the representatives of these organizations in
order to improve their communication and cooperation with IFCSS. 
The advisors will be named by the joined invitation of the
president of IFCSS and the chairman of PAC.

Legal advisor

PAC has invited a U.S. law attorney as the legal advisor for
handling the cases requiring legal service.

As a national organization for the CSS in the U.S., the future of
IFCSS will be determined by the support and participation of
large majority of the CSS in this country.  Many CSS have
realized that it is necessary having a such organization to
protect their interest and to express their voice.  The 
driving force for CSS to involve the IFCSS activities has to be
the combination of the basis of both spiritual and materialized
values.  By recognizing the importance of the ordinary CSS and
these basis, IFCSS shall have a bright future. 

Dr. Deng Yanpei
Chairman of the Professional Working Committee
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

[email-masked]  or  [email-masked]
(615) 574-6714 (day)  or  (615) 539-4319 (evening)

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