ok,
I was wondering about that.
perhaps we need to (or one among us) needs to form another 
organization specifically tailored for politics. I know
this may sound redundant, however, given recent legislation
it seems that our rights as consumers, programmers, etc is 
being eroded about as fast as a hillside under a torrential 
downpour!.

Technomage Hawke

Nick Estes wrote:
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> > could we use the npo as a political organization?
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> No, to get our 501c3 status, politics is pretty much the only thing we
> can't do.  That's not to say we couldn't go educate people about why the
> SMCA is evil, but we couldn't get into the political part (letter writing,
> lobbying, etc); however, there's nothing to stop plug from taking on the
> few things that AzOTO can't.
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>         --Nick
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