Subject: LCnet Survey

From: [email-masked] (Mi Mi)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 22:45:45 CDT

Following is the survey posted by LCnet Working Committee.

It is very interesting to see what our LC counterparts are thinking about.
When Mi Mi learned that there will be a comparable number of visas  
available next year, and considerable world-wide quota leftover will be
wasted, he feels sorry for the incompetence of CSS community. If, we EC
and LC community can unite and push LADs into that huge world pool, then
how many troubles the LADs are facing can be avoided and how many quotas
will be saved for LC students! Only 31% of LCnetters see this approach
is a feasible way of solving the current crisis! I do not how much chance
the other more favorable approachs can stand, like lobby for unconditional
PR, work permits, etc. Well, with no money, no manpower, no urgent reasons,
anything has no CHANCE. 

Well, when most of the CSPA principals are getting their GC and  some of 
our netters are even getting GC for their LADs, this net is going to 
finish soon. When there is no lads problem, at least no lads problem for
CSS principals (undocumented lads do not have internet access, Mi Mi Sr.
believes), there is no need to set up a lads-net at all.

Thanks for your staying with us,  and glad to be able to serve you all.

Mi Mi Sr.

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   1. Survey Report
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      The second survey was passed out about two weeks ago within the
   LCnet ([email-masked]). We have got 42 responses from our LC
   netters, which obviously doesn't match the fact that there are around
   1,000 netters in the mailing list. Since the support from our netters
   is necessary for us to carry on our work to serve all the LC students,
   an analysis on the feedbacks was still conducted even with such small
   samples.

      More than one half (52%) of the responsed netters are in the
   engineering background, which makes them much easier to get access to
   the internet computers than other people from non engineering back-
   grounds. The engineering students may also constitute a majority of
   our regular subscribers. The other 40% of the responses are from the
   students who are majoring in the natural science area. The rests are from
   social science and medical science areas. Almost all of the netters who
   sent back their survey answers expressed their concerns on the CSPA issues.
   Of course people care about their rights and interests. We don't see any
   reason that LCs show little interest in CSPA and its impacts.

      About 81% of the responsers are from the schools where LCs form more
   than half of the Chinese students population (ranging from half to three
   quarters). This may explain that currently the LCs are making up around
   half of the Chinese students population in many schools. So we are building
   up an innegligible force now.

      Around 57% of the people say they want to find some academic jobs after
   graduations. However, more than 78% of the responsers are willing to take
   the first job offer even if they have to go through employment-based-third-
   preference-category (EP3), which is very likely to happen to a lot of 
   foreign students who seek jobs in U.S.

     90% of the responsed netters are considering that we should lobby to bring
   some benefits to LCs. However, some of them also expressed their concerns as
   to what kind of goal or objective we will address in lobbying. 45% of the
   responsers say getting work permits is a possible goal, 31% say lobbying to 
  allocate world wide immigration quota to LADs so that the EP3 quota for China 
   will not be used by LADs. 36% of the people say lobby for their unconditional 
   stay in this country while another 19% say to increase China's employment 
   based immigration quota (since many people selected more than one choice in 
   the survey, the percentages may add up to more than 100% totally).

      As to the question of how to raise money to lobby, 76% of the people say
   that IFCSS is particially responsible for financial support. 50% think that
   we also can do fund-raising among the Chinese students communities. 19% 
   consider to raise money from all sources which is of course the best way. 
   Again almost everyone is willing to donate a reasonalbe amount of money for 
   a reasonable lobbying goal. However, the crucial point here is still the time 
   and what we shall achieve from lobbying.

      We called to set up local organizations to represent LC students. However,
   only a few of the responses showed some interests in this. 40% of the netters
   who sent back their responses say they or their friends are likely to do
   something for LC students. We believe this is understandble because most of
   the LC Chinese students are busy with their academic work. Also they don't
   see any chance at this moment of gaining some concrete benefit.

      Above is concluded only from a small sample. We think some of them may not
   represent a right situation. Again this working committee calls for your 
   support and it's still not late if you want to send your oppinions to us on 
   this survey.

   LC Working Committee

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