On Thursday 07 October 2004 11:54 am, john mitchell wrote: > In that case trilug will have to amend the fifth article in the Articles > of Incorporation: ( http://www.trilug.org/articles.php ) > > (excerpt): > "No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the > carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence > legislation, and the corporation shall not participate in, or intervene > in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any > political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for > public office."
As I read the above, it would prevent TriLUG from evangelizing Linux (propaganda). IIRC, to be a 501C3 the main thing is not to have the club support specific candidates. SteveT Steve Litt Founder and acting president: GoLUG http://www.golug.org -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
