Hi all,
I've been in contact with Bruce Joffe who has been working on an amicus
curiae (friend of the court) brief associated with two court decisions
that have gone in completely opposite directions in California, one
involving Santa Clara County and the other involving Orange County. The
If the Foundation was to sign this I imagine the mechanism is Board
approval.
However, we may need legal advise first as making such statements might
change our ability to get 501(c)3 status. We would also need to consider
if the Foundation as a whole should make these types of decisions as a
I've volunteered to take point on this issue and do the homework, as a first
step towards bringing to the Board for approval.
I've started a wiki page listing some reading material about the case:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OrangeCounty_Amicus
If anyone has any opinions about the issue (either
