Wrong.
Who told you guys that the usma cannot lobby in behalf
of its tax exempt purpose?
--- Barbara and/or Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Regarding Eddie's question about lobbying (below):
>
> It is my understanding that
> (1) the USMA is chartered (in Colorado) as a
> non-profit organization (and
> therefore pays no taxes) and
> (2) that federal laws prohibit non-pofit
> organizations from doing things
> that are considered "lobbying". (Those "lobbying"
> activities are delineated
> in federal labbying laws, I think.)
>
> Apparently a great deal of "educating" and
> "providing information", that we
> might want to refer to as lobbying, does not
> technically constitute lobbying
> in the legal sense. USMA most certainly does do as
> much of that as anyone. I
> don't believe that any activity to persuade THE
> PUBLIC to accept metric is
> conasidered lobbying. It is only when someone tries
> to persuade a MEMBER OF
> CONGRESS that one must be careful not to so
> something which is legally
> considered lobbying.
>
> I, too, would be interested in knowing in greater
> detail what can and can't
> be done because of federal laws on lobbying.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Hooper
>
> ============
> Keep It Simple!
> Make It Metric!
> ============
>
> > From: eddie lechat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [USMA:13245] Re: How to change to metric
> >
> > Many tax exempt educational groups are committed
> to
> > educating the public and Congress about some
> needed
> > legislation. It is not true, simply factually,
> just
> > not true, to say that the usma cannot lobby
> Congress.
> > Who started that rumor?
>
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