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The following is a summary of the responses to my query as to = whether MOU should contribute to supporting lobbyists through Audubon = Minnesota. Keep in mind that there was nothing official about the query, = I did it on my own and without any decision on what to do with the = results.=20 I received 19 responses. 16 thought it was a good idea mostly = because they think saving habitat is political. 3 wrote that they were = not at all in favor of such an action. Their main reason was that MOU = should remain apolitical. Members of MOU that feel the need for = political involvement should support organizations that promote that = activity, such as: Audubon, Sierra Club, Earth Justice, etc.=20 Several responders were concerned about the legality of such an = action considering our 501C status as a non-profit organization. I do = not the answer to their question. I thank those that took the time to respond. I enjoyed reading your = responses. Most responders did not settle for a yes or no, but offered = rational for their opinion. Tom Bell=20 on Grey Cloud Island 5868 Pioneer Road South Saint Paul Park MN 55071-1143 651 459-4150 ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C73271.23F1A240 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3020" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> The following is a summary of the = responses=20 to my query as to whether MOU should contribute to supporting lobbyists = through=20 Audubon Minnesota. Keep in mind that there was nothing official about = the query,=20 I did it on my own and without any decision on what to do with the = results.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> I received 19 responses. 16 = thought it was=20 a good idea mostly because they think saving habitat is political. 3 = wrote that=20 they were not at all in favor of such an action. Their main reason was = that MOU=20 should remain apolitical. Members of MOU that feel the need for = political=20 involvement should support organizations that promote that activity, = such as:=20 Audubon, Sierra Club, Earth Justice, etc. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Several responders were concerned = about the=20 legality of such an action considering our 501C status as a non-profit=20 organization. I do not the answer to their question.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> I thank those that took the time = to=20 respond. I enjoyed reading your responses. Most responders did not = settle for a=20 yes or no, but offered rational for their opinion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Tom Bell <BR>on Grey Cloud Island<BR>5868 Pioneer = Road=20 South<BR>Saint Paul Park MN 55071-1143<BR>651=20 459-4150</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C73271.23F1A240--