[meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

[Seth Cohn]

And to be clear: I posted the 2 bills (or rather the draft texts of
them, which aren't otherwise online yet) and invited comments because
of my respect for the many astute minds on this list.  Individuals who
wish to help pass such legislation as interested citizens are welcome
(and those with issues against it are also welcome, to be clear, I'd
love to hear the reasons against to help me prepare answers for them),
but I'm certainly not asking for GNHLUG as a formal group to take a
position, lobby, or otherwise get involved.

yours,
Rep. Cohn


On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:54 PM, John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Benjamin Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
>>> Or maybe this message is inappropriate if GNHLUG is a 501(c)3 instead of
>>> a 501(c)4. (I couldn't determine what type of organization GNHLUG was
>>> from the Wiki - at least not by searching for '501'.)
>>
>> <board member>
>> B1. GNHLUG is a registered non-profit corporation in the State of New Hampshire
>> B2. GNHLUG has not applied for IRS Federal tax-exempt status at this time.
>> B3. Volunteers interested in facilitating B2 are welcome!
>> </board member>
>>
>> -- Ben
>
>
> While I don't know all the intricacies of the various 501(c) types, I recall
> we had problems at the Boston Computer Society back in the '90's due to
> BCS's 501(c)3 status. When BLU was part of BCS, we got in trouble for
> protesting the Communications Decency Act, because as a 501(c)3 we were
> explicitly prohibited from participating in political action.
>