I have another question about that document: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Associ...
In particular, I believe this part is out of date:
Legislative Activities (Lobbying)
At the federal level, there are serious restrictions on lobbying, including “direct” and “grassroots” efforts:
Direct lobbying consists of “attempts to influence a legislative body through communication with a member or employee of a legislative body, or with a government official who participates in formulating legislation.” Grassroots lobbying consists of “attempts to influence legislation by attempting to affect the opinion of the public with respect to the legislation and encouraging the audience to take action with respect to the legislation. In either case, the communications must refer to and reflect a view on the legislation.”
I believe there has since been case law from the Supreme Court allowing nonprofits including advocacy organizations, churches, and civic groups, to communicate with legislators and attempt to influence public opinion. I note that the irs.gov links from those paragraphs are now dead.
Please correct me if I am mistaken.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 11:19 AM James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Associ...
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:45 AM Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 07:27, Yair Rand yyairrand@gmail.com wrote:
Also importantly, the Foundation's Policy and Political Association Guideline, which was written by WMF Legal in the aftermath of SOPA
Link, please.
-- Andy Mabbett@pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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