While I very much appreciate the effort that John and others put into getting this level of access, I am very uncomfortable with giving so-called personal donations in this fashion. I’m particularly uncomfortable with them being solicited on this ARRL hosted email list. I think an outside legal opinion is needed, at a minimum. On Oct 14, 2023, at 7:54 PM, John Robert Stratton <N5AUS@n5aus.com> wrote: All We have a 10.20.23 in-person meeting with Sen. Ted Cruz at his Houston office. We will have multiple, local AR reps in the meeting, including at least one elected office holder. The purpose of the meeting is to persuade Sen.Cruz to be our lead Senate sponsor. We also have a 10.24.23 dinner in DC with Cong. Bill Johnson and one other Congressman. It would be beneficial to our cause if we were to tender contributions to their campaigns. I will be tendering contributions to both. We are advised that $250 and up are reasonable contributions. If you can't hit that mark, any contribution would be beneficial. These contributions MUST be individual, non-corporate donations — and NO — any contribution cannot be reimbursed from your Director's budget. No contribution is too small. If you wish to contribute to either Johnson or Cruz, you may make your check payable to "Bill Johnson Campaign" or "Ted Cruz Campaign" and send them to me. I will see to it that our lobbyists deliver your donations along with mine to the appropriate campaign person. _______________________________________ John Robert Stratton N5AUS Director West Gulf Division Office: 512-445-6262 Cell: 512-426-2028 P.O. Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv -Kristen (K6WX) "Your eyes ... it's a day's work just looking into them" Laurie Anderson (--... ...-- -.. . -.- -.... .-- -..-)