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

[Christian de Larrinaga]

Well that specific point is something to put in a brief to political 
communication experts. So any advice fits.

Underlying my note is observation that campaigning for the Internet model 
is in itself a political action.

It's just that the arguments for or against draft laws are not considering 
the model or the reasoning behind it as a primary or even secondary concern.

But the implications can be telling for any advice to the board.


C



On 19 October 2022 19:23:27 Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates 
<chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> 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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