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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2017 WWW.UNWLA.ORG 11 talk about the difference between lobbying and advocacy. Advocacy is generally defined as arguing in favor of a cause or idea, whether it’s environmental protection, women’s rights, or the myriad other issues that affect people every day. Lobbying, on the other hand, is any attempt to influence a politician or a public official on an issue. Lobbying can be either direct or grassroots. Direct lobbying is any attempt to influence legislation through communication with a member of a legislative body or other government representative who has a say in the legislation. Grassroots lobbying is asking the general public to contact their legislator about a legislative is- sue. We should not ask our members to contact their legislators or government agencies regarding par- ticular legislation. Nor should we create online petitions to generate public support for a legislative cause, distribute flyers, or organize public demonstrations or rallies. We can engage in some lobbying, as long as we don’t devote more than an insubstantial part of our activities to lobbying. What is insubstantial, how- ever, has not been clearly defined. Suffice it to say that if no more than 5% to 10% of our total efforts is devoted to lobbying, then we are probably acting within legal limits. Notes 1 Proper documentation may include periodic reports, accounting of expenses, copies of receipts, reports of on-site visits by agents of the granting charity, and photos and videos showing the charitable program. 2 See https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/Office-of-Foreign-Assets- Control.aspx. See also , http://www.instantofac.com. 3 The rationale for this restriction is that in return for the grant of tax-exempt status and the ability to receive tax-deductible donations, an organization is required to engage primarily in recognized charitable activities which benefit the public as a whole. Lobbying is not considered to be of a sufficiently charitable nature to justify such privileged status. Additionally, an organization engaging in partisan lobbying for or against legislation serves to benefit only that portion of the public which sympathizes with its point of view. Parts 3, 4, and 5 of Parliamentarian Oksana Xenos’s convention presentation will be published sequentially in future issues of Our Life. First Impressions Branch 14, Atlanta, Georgia, celebrated its 40 th anniversary last year and no one from the Branch had ever attended a UNWLA Convention. Not knowing what to expect, I was positively impressed by the profes- sionalism and content of the speeches, reports and the speakers. Thanks to meeting members of other branches, I discovered that not speaking Ukrainian was not that much of a detriment. Outstanding : The professional entertainers at the meals. Most important : Meeting wonderful women from around the country; we all have the same Ukrainian blood running through our veins. It was great to put faces to names of those who have been on conference calls and in e-mails. I look forward to interfacing with these knowledgeable and warm women. — Kathleen Perzik Tice President Branch 14 Captions for photos on pg. 3. From top, l-r: Saturday banquet: Convention committee members recogniz- ing chair; Sunday award luncheon: Scholarship Program; Sunday afternoon Q & A session; Sunday even- ing lottery winner; Meeting of Branches at Large; Sunday awards luncheon. Branch 124; Sun- day Branches at Large co-liaison O. Czerkas; Sunday's motivation leadership. Yulia Zimmerman; So- cial Welfare Committee presentation; Social Welfare Committee video; Martha Bohachevsky Chomiak at Sunday plenary session.
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