I have another question about that document:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Assoc…
In particular, I believe this part is out of date: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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Assoc…
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:45 AM Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 07:27, Yair Rand <yyairrand(a)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.
>
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> Andy Mabbett@pigsonthewing
>
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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