KAPS News, Jan 27th

Welcome to the January 27th, 2009 edition of the KAPS Newsletter.

In this issue:
*February Kappy Hour
*RECAP: 2010 Kick Off Meeting
*Community Service Event: Volunteer with KAPS for Seolnal at the Korean Center
*KCI Event: North Korea - Humanitarian and Human Rights Dilemmas
*Korean American News: Lucy Koh Becomes First Korean American Federal District Court Judge
*Job Posting: Sales Manager for Rovi Seoul, Korea

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February Kappy Hour

Join us for our monthly Kappy Hour on February 4th! This Kappy Hour will be held at Yoshi’s Jazz Club in San Francisco at 7:00pm. We have reserved the upstairs Sake Lounge exclusively for KAPS from 7:00pm until 9:00pm. It then becomes open to the public and a live DJ spins hot jams starting at 10:00pm. As you know, Valentine’s Day is approaching fast, so for those of you single-mingles out there this might be the perfect opportunity to meet your Valentine’s Day viking or vixen. So start off your KAPS new year right by coming out to the first Kappy Hour of 2010!

When: Thursday, February 4th at 7:00 pm
Where: Yoshi’s Jazz Club - 1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco
Website: www.yoshis.com

Each of our Kappy Hours offer a great opportunity to network with fellow Korean American professionals, meet up with old friends, and learn about what's going on in KAPS.
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RECAP: 2010 Kick Off Meeting

Thanks to everyone for coming to the 2010 Kick Off Meeting. It was great catching up with old friends and meeting new faces! I hope everyone is excited for all the great events and changes we have in store for the new year. We have lots of events for February so please keep an eye out for the newsletter or for instant KAPS access, join our Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/kaps.

See photos from the event, please click here: http://kaps.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=8179

Community Service Event: Volunteer with KAPS for Seolnal at the Korean Center

KAPS is excited to assist the Korean Center, Inc. (www.koreannet.org) with this year's Seolnal Lunar New Year Celebration on Friday, February 12th, 2010 from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm. The Korean Center (1362 Post St, corner of Gough) currently is the only comprehensive social service agency in San Francisco dedicated to serving the Korean American community.

Please join KAPS as we give back to Koreans and Korean Americans in our community by assisting the Korean Center. We will be needing several volunteers to help staff various activity rooms for families with children, including:

Yut-nori competition
Korean calligraphy
Tea tasting
Rice cake decorating
Korean BINGO
Painting and coloring
Film screening

As an added bonus, there will be TONS of traditional Korean feast-style food in the patio area. This event promises to be a fun celebration and a great way to provide service to your community.

Please contact KAPS Community Service Chair, Christine Shin at christine@kaps.org to RSVP (plan to wear your KAPS t-shirt!) or with any questions. See you there!

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KCI Event: North Korea - Humanitarian and Human Rights Dilemmas

The Korean Center, Inc. (KCI) is putting together a special lecture series entitled North Korea: Human Face and would like to extend a special invitation to KAPS members.

The inaugural lecture, North Korea: Humanitarian and Human Rights Dilemmas, will be presented by Peter M. Beck, Pantech Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Asia Pacific Research Center, Former executive director of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the International Crisis Group’s Northeast Asia Project in Seoul.

Wednesday, February 3rd 6:00pm program, 7:00pm reception
Location: Korean Center/1362 Post St., San Francisco

This lecture is also co-sponsored by World Affairs Council, USF Center for the Pacific Rim, Japan Policy Research Institute, and the Nautilus Institute.

Please email CandaceChui@iic.edu to RSVP or join KCI's mailing list for updates on future speakers.

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Korean American News: Lucy Koh Becomes First Korean American Federal District Court Judge

President Obama last week nominated Judge Lucy Koh to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Judge Koh would become the first Asian Pacific American woman to serve as a federal judge in the Northern District of California and the first Korean American federal district court judge in United States history.

Over the course of her career, Judge Koh has had extensive experience at the highest levels of the legal profession and in areas such as intellectual property, criminal law, and business litigation. Before being appointed to the Superior Court of Santa Clara County by Governor Schwarzenegger, Judge Koh prosecuted violent crime and fraud cases as a federal prosecutor in California, served as an intellectual property litigator in major Silicon Valley law firms, worked as an Assistant to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General, and as staff to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. Her nomination has received bipartisan and broad community support.

“Judge Koh’s broad legal experience and integrity have earned her tremendous community support,” said Rudy Kim, President of the Asian Pacific Bar Association of Silicon Valley and Intellectual Property Litigation Partner at Morrison & Foerster in Palo Alto. “Her appointment is historic for the Asian American community in Silicon Valley.”

Judge Koh has received strong support from leaders throughout Silicon Valley’s legal community. “Judge Koh’s balanced and careful approach has served our court well,” said Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr. “I applaud the selection of such a fine and fair jurist to sit on the federal bench.” Santa Clara County Public Defender Mary Greenwood said, “Judge Koh has a well-earned reputation for evenhandedness and integrity.”

Appointed to the Santa Clara County Superior Court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in January of 2008, Judge Koh previously served as an intellectual property and commercial litigator in Silicon Valley as a partner at McDermott Will and Emery LLP. She litigated the In re Seagate Technology case, in which the Federal Circuit overturned the 24 year old standard for willful patent infringement.

Before joining the private sector, Judge Koh spent years in public service. She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Major Frauds Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, and also prosecuted bank robbery, narcotics, and immigration cases. A jury instruction from one of her trials is a Ninth Circuit Model Criminal Jury instruction. She has also served in various capacities in the United States Department of Justice as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General and Special Counsel in the Office of Legislative Affairs. She started her legal career as a Fellow on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee staff.

“The broad legal experience that Judge Koh would bring to the federal bench is impressive,” stated Mark A. Lemley, a pre-eminent scholar of intellectual property law at Stanford University Law School. “She is a bright legal mind who is extremely well versed in precisely the issues that are most often considered by the Northern District.”

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Job Posting: Sales Manager for Rovi Seoul, Korea

This position is responsible for the sales of Rovi's Solutions to the clients in South Korea. The position required to work with the regional sales teams and/or HQs in US for Rovi's complete range of embedded technologies. The primary role of this position is to promote various Rovi Solutions to the customer in Korea but at the same time, he/she needs to expand and develop relationships within our current customers.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Work as a team member of Korea office with the cooperation of HQs in US and Tokyo office.
2. Catch customers’ needs accurately and respond to them on behalf of HQs without delays.
3. Primary responsibilities of having a good communication skill not only with the customers but also with the peers and managers within the company

Required:
1. Bachelor degree
2. Minimum of 5 years experience in Sales position ( 7-10 years sales experience would be proffered)
3. Consumer Electronic Sales experience is preferable.
4. Fluent English and Korean both written and verbal (TOEIC 800 or above).
5. Good negotiation skill
6. Excellent in Business communications.

Desired:
1. Background with CE industry in sales would be preferable.
2. Working experience at Computer software, internet technology and CE devices are preferable.

Interested parties should contact Pamela Lucas at Pamela.Lucas@rovicorp.com

INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN KAPS?

KAPS is always on the lookout for people interested in getting the most out of their KAPS experience. We are looking for volunteers to plan social events, coordinate community service events, serve as guest speakers, monitor the website, and improve the overall KAPS member experience. We are also looking for contributors to our newsletters and website, in the form of job postings, professional advice, and relevant news.

If you are interested in becoming an officer, contributing to newsletters, or assisting with an event, please contact andrew@kaps.org.

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