You trust GOOGLE's interests to align sufficiently with ours, to the extent that you're willing to cede government affairs to them?
pb On Sun Jan 22 12:48:50 2012, geni wrote: > On 22 January 2012 18:00, Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Pedro Sanchez <pdsanc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm worried that we may be getting in trouble. >>> I don't know about US laws, but are charitable organizations allowed >>> to meddle in political lobbying? >>> >>> I'd appreciate if more knowledgeable people could give us some light. >> >> It's perfectly allowed, and we're allowed to take positions on >> specific bills - it is just that lobbying cannot be a 'substantial >> part' of the WMF's activities unless it switches its charity type. >> (Googling around, I was reading >> http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/whitepaperdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=12202 >> and http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicp97.pdf ) >> > > What is highly questionable is if it a remotely worthwhile use of > money. If Google's lobbyists can't impact SOPA and the like what makes > the foundation think our can? > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
