Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Minutes of 80-20 Initiative Board Meeting Via Teleconference Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Time: 6:00 PM PST Members Present: Kathleen To, David Chai, Hong-Yee Chiu, Laura Hsu,Yueh-Ting Lee, Edward Lin, Amy Mok, Linden Nishinaga, Kim Song, Joel Wong, John Wong, S.B. Woo, David Yang, Jing-Li Yu Memers Absent: Kelvin Chen, Frank Lee Staff Present: Helen Wang Nature of the Meeting and Duration: Conference call lasting 90 minutes Approval: The items reported below have the unanimous approval of all who participated in the Board meeting. Motion: (1) Linden Nishinaga moves
If we will make an endorsement, we shall not announce who we will endorse, until a open letter is sent to Sen. Obama through a mass e-mail asking him to sign 80-20 EF's questionnaire with all Yeses. In the footnote, it will be stated that by all means of communication, including e-mail, fax, priority mail with return receipt, if we still do not receive his reply with all Yeses, we will make an endorsement.
Ed Lin will write this open letter. Ed Lin seconds the motion. Amy Mok moves to close the debates/discussions.
David Yang seconds Amy's motion to close the debate.
The motion was unanimously approved. (2) S.B. Woo moves to endorse one of the Democratic candidates who have replied to our questionnaire with all Yeses. Hong-Yee Chiu seconds the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. (3) Amy Mok moves to endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton in the nationwide primaries, if we do not receive the satisfactory reply from Sen. Obama within the given time limit. Joel Wong seconds the motion. SB Woo moves to amend this motion to endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton in the California primary at this time, if we do not receive the satisfactory reply from Sen. Obama within the given time limit. Amy Mok accepts it as an friendly amendment. (When the mover accept a friendly amendment, it means that the amendment become a part of the original motion. So long as the seconder also agrees, a new second is NO LONGER required. The amendment doesn't need to be voted on sepapately. The motion amended by the friendly amendment is immediately put up for a vote.)
The motion was unanimously approved. (4) S B moves to have $30,000.00 authorized to be spent on the California Primary for now, and if more is needed it may still be entertained.
Amy seconds the motion.
The motion was unanimously approved.
7:30PM PST Meeting adjourned.
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