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/