On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:59:44 -0400 Ed lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Talking to state executive officials, to > administrative people at all levels of state and local government, > Selectmen, and School Boards about the advantages of Linux and FOSS is > not lobbying. Presenting views on legislation to members of the > legislature is lobbying. Right. I was once (OK, more than once) in Concord talking to elected officials about free software in voting. At one point I was asked if I had registered as a lobbyist. I made a trip over to the library, discovered that the RSA are quite specific, and that a citizen who is conveying a personal opinion to an official or a legislator is a citizen, not a lobbyist. Joining GNHLUG would not deprive anyone of citizens' privileges. GNHLUG itself will presumably *not* write letters or try to persuade officials of anything. GNHLUG won't, presumably, be hiring anyone to do that either. (Being paid to do that does make someone a lobbyist under the RSA.) -Bill _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
