<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I guess that depends on what is meant by “promote knowledge” and how you accomplish it. But I’ve never really understood the promotion of knowledge to automatically mean self-promotion, as in the sense of self-aggrandizement. <div class="">But I’d give you they might be more specific about the knowledge about the organization they are talking about, so someone doesn’t use the language to play fast and loose.</div><div class="">It’s probably not bad that somewhere a long the line people might become knowledgeable about ICANN’s role, for example.<br class=""><div class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 12, 2017, at 3:05 PM, John R. Levine <<a href="mailto:johnl@iecc.com" class="">johnl@iecc.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">· projects to promote knowledge of ICANN,<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">I don't see how this comports with the 501(c)(3) rules. It's essentially self-promotion.<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">· projects to enlarge DNS industry reaching less developed markets<br class="">· projects to improve technical knowledge<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Those two are fine.<br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class="">John Levine, <a href="mailto:johnl@iecc.com" class="">johnl@iecc.com</a>, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",<br class="">Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. <a href="https://jl.ly_______________________________________________" class="">https://jl.ly_______________________________________________</a><br class="">At-Large mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" class="">At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br class="">https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large<br class=""><br class="">At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org</div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>