On 22 January 2012 19:24, Gregory Varnum <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically a charity in the USA can spend up to 20% of its expenses on "direct > lobbying" of related issues. Basically that means they can say "this is good > and that's good" - but they can't actually endorse a party or individual. > They can educate on that person - "so and so wants to do this" - but they > can't then so "so vote for ABC instead" or anything along those lines. It > can get a little trick if an org speaks on an issue that is in no way > connected to their mission - but SOPA/PIPA and just about any technology > related legislation falls within WMF's mission.
Geoff, the WMF General Counsel, was advising everyone involved in the media work surrounding the blackout to be even more careful than that and stay well clear of mentioning any individual politicians to avoid any possibility of trouble. Given the overabundance of caution that was shown during the whole thing, I don't think we need to worry. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
