Greetings. I regret my remarks were considered patronizing. My intent was solely to remind ourselves of the important purpose of this group and to urge that we deal with anything else on a person-to-person basis rather than through the network. Best regards. Rarihokwats <four_arrows@canada.com> sadercat wrote: > > I fail to understand your patronizing remark. The last time I checked I was > perfectly calm. The man posted a false statement that anyone who just > happens to belong to a non-profit group would cause the group to lose its > tax-exempt status for expressing their opinion. He is wrong. Unless the > person making those statements is acting as an agent of a group when doing > so, any comments made belong to the individual, not the group. As such, his > statement is wrong. People who don't know how the laws work and then spread > their false beliefs mislead others and should be corrected. There are > enough falsehoods put out on these lists. I would think you would > appreciate someone making sure the information is correct. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rarihokwats Rarihokwats <four_arrows@canada.com> > To: <NATIVEAMERICAN-DELMARVA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 8:22 AM > Subject: A good Spring morning to everyone! > > > Greetings, everyone. This is grandpa speaking. Time to have a smudge of > > sweetgrass and a good cup of tea, calm down, and then get back to our > > important work of genealogy. If we don't, who will? > > > > Best regards to you all. > > > > Rarihokwats > > <four_arrows@canada.com> > > > > > > > > sadercat wrote: > > > > > > Unless you are acting as an agent of the organization, you do not speak > for > > > it, hence this is untrue. Someone could try to make a case for it, but > > > private citizens have the right to voice their opinions. I would > suggest > > > not having a signature line that advertises your 501(c)(3) (not just c3) > > > group. > > > > > > As for encouraging people to lie about their origins, I think most of > the > > > posts here have been more in favor of NOT claiming something you can't > prove > > > than the other way around. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Thomas F Brown <tombrown@jhu.edu> > > > To: <NATIVEAMERICAN-DELMARVA-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 8:25 PM > > > Subject: Re: Subject: FACT SHEET 2000 > > > > > > > > > > > Is your organization a c3 nonprofit? If so, you are illegally engaging > > > > in political lobbying by continually posting here and encouraging > people > > > > to subvert the Census Bureau's attempt to collect accurate data. > > > > Your organization's non-profit status could be revoked for > > > > such actions. > > > > > > > > Not to mention that you're encouraging people to be dishonest > > > > about who they are and where their families came from. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > > > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/