Chang-Lin Tien Internship

[ChinaLama]

This is from an email I received:

Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien Student Internship
for Summer, 2003




In memory of Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, a key founder of 80-20
and the first Asian Am. to become the president of a major university
(The Univ. of Calif., Berkeley), 80-20 will sponsor up to 3 student
interns in 2003. The stipend is $1000 per month from June 1 to
August 31,2003. Only the best and the brightest who are prepared
to work long and hard for public service need apply.

The Memorial Fund was started by classmates of Chang-Lin Tien, the
Mechanical Engineering Class of 1955, National Taiwan University. 80-
20 is proud to sponsor this Memorial Fund, not so much because of
Tien's high academic achievement but rather his legacy in fighting for
justice and equal opportunity for all Americans. When he was a young
college student in Kentucky, he protested discrimination against blacks
on city buses by walking to school for a year. Unlike some successful
Asian Americans who shy away from our community, Tien was a pillar
of strength for our community. He was not concerned about protecting
his own feathers. He cared about doing the right thing for the Asian
American community and the nation.

ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE & ORGANIZE! That is the key to political
success. Today, tens of young staff are working 14 hours/day and 7
days per week in Iowa and New Hampshire organizing for presidential
candidates. If the Asian Am. community is to have its share of
political clout, we need youths who know how to organize politically
-- cutting their teeth in the real world.

The Interns will be trained intensively for 2 weeks and then let go to
recruit dues-paying members for 80-20 under semi-weekly supervision.
The expectation is for each Intern to recruit sufficient members whose
dues will equal to an intern's stipend. In this manner, the Memorial
fund will be self perpetuating, thereby providing a last memory of
Chancellor Tien. At the same time, the program will provide our
youths with the real world experience of the joy and frustration
of organizing the Asian American community.

To apply visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/intern.html

[BeTheReds]

Those with indipendent thought need not apply.

[ChinaLama]

As a matter of fact, people with initiative and creativity are very much encouraged to apply. One will need a lot of smarts and guts to do this job.

[golden_buns]

For some reason the link didn't load. Do you know what are the requisites for this? Is it restricted to US citizens or residents? What are some of the restrictions?

[ChinaLama]

That's strange. The link loads for me. anyway, here are the contents of that page:

Chang-Lin Tien Memorial Summer Internship

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Title: Chang-Lin Tien Intern

Stipend: $1,000 per month for 2 or 3 months from 6/1 to 8/31/2003

Office Location: None. 80-20 is a cyberspace organization

Qualifications:
(1) A US citizen or Permanent Resident,
(2) Good Communication and People Skills,
(3) Computer skills (e-mail, word & spreadsheet),
(4) A College student including one having just gained college admission

Preferences:
(1) Ability to speak an Asian language (Chinese, Korean, or Vietnamese
preferred),
(2) Political or real world marketing experience e.g. student government,
canvassing for political candidates, door to door selling.

Training provided by 80-20:
(1) Two to three weeks of intensive training via e-mail with S. B. Woo,
President of 80-20, and Harrison Leong, 80-20's Special Assistant. A
thorough understanding of 80-20's philosophy and its structure as well
as the awareness of various ways to make a political pitch for 80-20 will
be expected at the end of this training period.
(2) After that, the Interns will begin recruiting dues paying members**
for 80-20 from two lists, one provided by 80-20 and the other their own
list. Interns will make semi-weekly reports to 80-20 regarding results.
They will get feedback from 80-20 for each of those reports which
constitute a part of the real-life training.

To apply: Send to sbw@udel.edu
a) your resume listing your SAT scores, GPA, working experience and
extra curriculum activities,
B) 3 references (at least one from a professor who has taught you),
and others who are qualified to comment on your communication &
people's skill, and work habit. Internship requires you to work long
and hard, and
c) a statement of 300 words or less explaining your interest in public
service for the Asian American community and how you plan to achieve
your goal. That is to recruit enough 80-20 members whose dues will be
equal or exceed $3,000, about one Basic member per day or 1 Life
Members per month**.

Do NOT send reference letters and transcripts until you are requested to
do so.

- - - - -

** There are six types of 80-20 memberships:
1. Basic (1 vote) -- $35
2. Family (Two names to get 2 votes) -- $50
3. Life* -- $1000
4. Family life* (two names to get 2 votes) -- $1,500
5. Honorary Life* -- $5,000
6. Honorary Family Life* (two names to get 2 votes) -- $10,000
* Membership names on permanent display on 80-20's web site. See
http://www.80-20initiative.net/donors_members.htm

[golden_buns]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Apr 15 2003, 09:08 PM
Qualifications:

(1) A US citizen or Permanent Resident,

(4) A College student including one having just gained college admission

I guess I'm out :cry:

[tokenblackguy]

Originally posted by BeTheReds@Apr 15 2003, 08:52 PM
Those with indipendent thought need not apply.

--deleted racial slurs and personal attacks--

Did your parents beat you?

Where is this negativity coming from? If you're gonna diss and piss, explain yourself. Otherwise you come off as being a jerk.

[ChinaLama]

Thank you for taking out the racial slur. But please also refrain from hostile comments that others may construe as personal attacks :)

This is just an internship announcement. Let's hold the drama for another forum.

[Chris]

As mod of this forum.

BTR was only saying it in scarasm about the position. He is well under guideline of what going on.

TBG- Racial and personal attacks will not be tolerated by me or any other mods here. If you have a problem, please contact me or the admin. Since you are new and don't know the forum rule. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and let this slide. Thank you for editing it out.

[sandra]

benefits: you get to work with chinalama. :lol:

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by kasia@Apr 16 2003, 05:55 PM
benefits: you get to work with chinalama. :lol:

i'm actually very little involved w/ this, I think. :)

[AliBabaIncorporated]

man, the way they present it in that advert makes it sound like a multi-level marketing scam. "Recruit new members and their dues will cover your salary!"

[BeTheReds]

Dude, what racial slur did he call me? That's funny!

I think I explained before why I don't like 80-20.

Sorry if I came off as a jerk.