On 22 January 2012 18:00, Gwern Branwen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Pedro Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm worried that we may be getting in trouble. >> I don't know about US laws, but are charitable organizations allowed >> to meddle in political lobbying? >> >> I'd appreciate if more knowledgeable people could give us some light. > > It's perfectly allowed, and we're allowed to take positions on > specific bills - it is just that lobbying cannot be a 'substantial > part' of the WMF's activities unless it switches its charity type. > (Googling around, I was reading > http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/whitepaperdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=12202 > and http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicp97.pdf ) >
What is highly questionable is if it a remotely worthwhile use of money. If Google's lobbyists can't impact SOPA and the like what makes the foundation think our can? -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
