All of this makes me realize that it would be good for us to think about creating a "Bitcoin Association", a non-profit organization that has a charter to support Bitcoin.  It will likely have to have two separate organizations, one that is allowed to take contributions to do legislative advocacy on behalf of Bitcoin, and another that is a plain 501(c) 3 for doing more Public Relations and perhaps conference organizing.

I'm here in Washington, DC and would be interested in coordinating with others to help launch something like this.

I am planning on pre-emptively writing my representative in the house, even tho she can't vote.  Here in Washington, DC the citizens have limited representation--with no representation in the Senate.

--Darrell