[Chapter-delegates] A request for advice from the Board of Trustees

[Andrew Sullivan]

Hi,

This is not a board matter, but I thought it might be important information for people to have:

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 05:09:38PM +0100, christian de larrinaga via Chapter-delegates wrote:

>I wonder if when in London it might be advisable for ISOC to ask some of
>the key Public Relations  organisations with political experience to
>brief the Board  on what it would take to get traction?

We will have some staff meeting with various people involved in legislation while in London.  It's also important to recognize that there are currently some pretty hard limits as ot how much we can do in that way: our 501(c)(3) status limits the lobbying we can do, and while a lot of what people think of as "lobbying" doesn't meet the legal defition, attempting to persuade people about a particular piece of legislation _definitely_ meets the legal definition.

Best regards,

A

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