I have another question about that document: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline
In particular, I believe this part is out of date: 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:45 AM Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 07:27, Yair Rand <[email protected]> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
