Subject: CCF deliveres Lads-net and LCnet Introductions

From: [email-masked] (lin huang)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 93 13:07:03 CDT

CCF, Chinese Community Forum, carrys two brief introductions on two nets

Mi Mi

Lads-net Committee

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2a. A Brief introduction of Late-Arriving-Dependents (LADs) Network
    ............................................................ Mi Mi  36
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LADs network was established on July 26. It was initiated by Peiyuan Zhou
<[email-masked]>, who suggested on ccnl that all the netters with
lads-problems organize themselves to share lads related information
through a private mailing list. Very soon the number of netters increased
so rapidly that it became very difficult to be handled by Peiyuan Zhou
himself.  Then Jun Wu <[email-masked]> offered his computer
resources to host the list. After CND-US reported the lads-net's sign-on
address, the number of netters has reached its peak. Now the lads-net
becomes a listserv (1), and has over 1000 subscribers. During early
August, the net was filled with so many e-mail messages that some of the
netters volunteered to organize a committee.  The purpose of this
committee was to compile questions and answers, dispatch messages, and
discuss the current issues. It was not until August 12 when Lads-net
Committee began to reach out to the CSS community in general.  The
Lads-net Committee has contacted LCnet Working Committee, IFCSS,
Dr. Zhao's NCCA and various other agencies. The current issues of
Lads-net Committee are:
        A) Keep close contact with various agencies to solve
lads-related problems,
        B) Write petition letters and collect signatures (2) to
persuade INS HQ that lads be included in the world-wide quota;
        C) Continue to provide lads-net netters with timely
lads-related information;
        D) Collect lads-related information.

Mi Mi

The Lads-net Committee

(1) To lads-l unsubscribe, send a e-mail to [email-masked],
with mail body as: sub lads-l Firstname Lastname.
(2) To sign your signature on our petition letter, please send
a mail to [email-masked].
The desired format is:
Mr./Ms/Miss:Name,Address,City,State,ZipCode,Tel#
        Co-signed Spouse,
        Co-signed Child.

                               [[email-masked], 9/5/93]
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2b. A Brief History of LAFCSs Movement .................. Chengyan Liu  70
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           [The following article only expresses my personal
           opinions, it cannot be related to any committees.]

      Chinese Students Protection Act (CSPA) is a sign of hope as well as
a sign of frustration. It divides Chinese Students and Schoalrs (CSS)
community into two parts: those who came to the US before April 11, 1990
and those who came after.  It stirs up the internal fight among CSS
community.  Fortunately, the majority of CSS community are rational enough
to cool down and cooperate with each other to achieve the best they can.
      Past two months were crucial. Unsatisfied Late Arriving Fellow
Chinese Students (LAFCSs) demonstrated their unity and strength when they
found their potential rights would be deprived if they were not going to
stand up for themselves.
      On July 6, 1993, a group of LAFCSs in Los Angeles set up an e-mail
account and sent out the alert message which said the worst possible
damage for LAFCSs was to wait 16 years before they can get Permanent
Resident (PR) application approved. Followed this message, LAFCSs across
the United States woke up. They felt angry and betrayed. They
redistributed the related messages as much as they can.
      About July 12, a primitive network had been formed. They distributed
a petition letter written by a group of LAFCSs at Univ. of Wisconsin. The
main points was to persuade INS and related offices change the Interim
CSPA Implementation Regulation and considered the interests of LAFCSs.
      On July 19, upon the request of one LAFCS at Univ. of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Shannon Yeh set up late-comers net. It's a controversial action. Since
the reputation of Mr. Yeh is infamous among many Early Comers (ECs), they
just simply thought that the late-comers net would do no good for CSS
community.
      However, the truth is not as simple as 1+1=2. On July 24, the first
e-mail meeting of Interim Committee was held through Internet. They
intended to send some representatives to Washington D.C. since there was
no proper channel to solve the problem. They phoned IFCSS HQ, they phoned
several IFCSS council members, urged them to do something for the crisis
situation. But they failed. They couldn't trust IFCSS anymore.
      The nightmare didn't stop. On July 27, CND-US carried an improper
information to help the late-comers net. This resulted in a resignation
of Editor-in-Chief of the late-comers net.
      Meanwhile, some members of the Interim Committee found that Mr. Yeh
wnat to use the late-comers net with his personal purpose. They decided to
get rid of the crazy guy and move the whole net to a personal account at
Washington Univ. at St. Louis.
      They encountered lots of difficulties with the turbulent environment.
The only choice was the petition letter campaign before the deadline:
August 2nd. From July 31st, in only two days, they collected more than 700
signatures. The petition letter with all the signatures was faxed to White
House, Attorney General and INS.
      Experienced all the victories and troubles, they became mature.  A
totally new LCs Working Committee was formed by August 10th. Their inten-
tion is beyond CSPA though the CSPA was still an major focus. They try to
provide good service to LAFCSs and to bridge the gap between LAFCSs and
their motherland beyond CSPA.
      They learned how to fight for their rights through a proper channel.
On August 14th and 21st, the Chairman of LCs Working Committee was invited
to attend the first tele-conference of IFCSS council. They geared up
before and after the meeting to lobby the best possible results. Two
resolutions in favor of LAFCSs were passed unanimously.
      They also try to cooperate with LADs-net. Their strategies is to
make friends as many as possible instead of enemy.
      So far, LAFCSs are very happy to see their LCs Working Committee
work for them efficiently. However, we must say that the current situation
is not good enough for LAFCSs. There are LADs and illegal Chinese
immigrants, all of them are unpredictable factors at current time. If they
celebrate what they have achieved now, they may loss everything in future.
      There's a serious question to be answered, what's the goal beyond
CSPA?  If no one can answer this question, the LAFCSs movements would
become only a closed chapter of the whole history of the CSS community.
Personally, I hope both LAFCSs and ECs can discuss this question at
various level. It'll benefit CSS community as a whole.

      Chengyan Liu at Washington Univ., St. Louis

                                           [[email-masked], 9/8/93]
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5. Forecast of the coming issue themes ......................... EBCCF   8
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     Here is a tentative schedule for the coming issues and their themes:

     9/15/93(# 93.03):  IFCSS: Today and tomorrow (I)
     9/22/93(# 93.04):  ?

     The EBCCF welcomes contributions to the announced topics in coming
issues and invites recommendations for subsequent topics in future issues.

                                      [[email-masked], 9/8/93]

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