[larossmann]

If I were to go forward with something like this, I would rather provide support/funding to an organization that has been pursuing this that I find to be well versed, qualified, and ready to go, than do it myself.

With the Right to Repair stuff, in some states, I've put together my own lobbying plans. In others, I tried to figure out who had the best foothold there already with an actionable plan & pre-existing experience winning on similar issues and funded them. Some examples of this were washington, rather than do it myself I gave USPIRG a fair amount of funding to get it done, which is helpful since the charlie brown affair sullied my reputation among some of the legislators.

Even in states where we do our own lobbying, there is usually a large level of partnership with organizations that already exist within the state, and a microgrant program where we fund a bunch of small groups to educate locals/organize people prior to making a legislative/lobbying push.

[justinclift]

In theory, this sounds like a well thought out approach.

Is it working well in practise?

If you were to start fresh at solving the problem again, what would you do differently?

[trogdor]

>since the charlie brown affair sullied my reputation among some of the legislators

I don’t know what you are referring to. Mind explaining?

[larossmann]

This guy pretended to be offended at me calling him clueless in my video thumbnail here. TL;DR - he implied independents might install tiktok on customer cellphones if they're unauthorized. See this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vmbDczK-78

He then said he cannot negotiate with bullies, and the legislature said if the opposition won't negotiate, then we can't pass a bill.

Imagine if I said that I refused to be present at my murder trial because I didn't like the clerk. Would I get off trial for murder? Hell no. But it works for them.

He makes broad assumptions and undermines trust in our entire industry, and claims me calling him "clueless" in the thumbnail is beyond the pale - that's just too much! As a result, I am hands off in that state. I supply money and resources to people who do the work in that state, and keep my name off of it all. There was one senator who was on my side, Doug Erickson, but he died of COVID....

The irony of it all, one of the companies he represents, Samsung, actually DID start installing tiktok on customer phones without their consent, a point I went over 2 years later. This happened months after the legislature tossed right to repair because of concerns about repair shops stealing student data/copies of their homework... I'm not kidding. My demeanor in this video is kind of off the wall, but.. can you blame me? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUThdBfy_-U