Jim, Red Herring Alert!!!!!!! Our 501 c 3 status is not the issue here. If we were to mail all affiliated clubs our concern is with ARRL members. There should be NO worry about our 501 c3 status as we are clearly NOT trying to get to non members. If we continue to hide behind the 501 c 3 red herring we will NEVER be successful with any legislation. It's a bit like Tank generals fighting an insurgency in Afghanistan. The real issue is as has been stated that clubs cover many districts and just the one we want to target. BTW: Our real problem with using web mailings to districts is that while our software may call up 112 ARRL members in a district, the "real" number of those who will allow us to send them e-mail will always be much lower. It has been my experience that the number is close to half or 50%. Frank....N2FF.......... K8JE wrote:

Dave,

The following questions relates to the reason that we do not make positions in the Legislative Action Program available to non-ARRL members.

Affiliated clubs are loosely required to have no fewer than 51% percent of their members belong to ARRL. If one assumes that all clubs have no more than 51% of members as ARR: members, would there be a concern that sending requests for support of our legislative activities to all affiliated clubs represent a risk of the League promoting these activities to an excessive number of nonmembers? Would we need to be sure to send these requests only to clubs that have a minimal percent (to be defined) of ARRL members rather than to send them to all affiliated clubs?

Jim

Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je@arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio