Thanks for this; seems reasonable to me. One quick note is that my impression is that it’s fairly easy to set up a 501(c)4. So even if [the formal institution known as MIRI] has limits, I think MIRI would be able to start a “sister org” that de facto serves as the policy arm. (I believe this is accepted practice & lots of orgs have sister policy orgs.)
(This doesn’t matter right now, insofar as you don’t think it would be an efficient allocation of resources to spin up a whole policy division. Just pointing it out in case your belief changes and the 501(c)3 thing felt like the limiting factor).
Thanks for this; seems reasonable to me. One quick note is that my impression is that it’s fairly easy to set up a 501(c)4. So even if [the formal institution known as MIRI] has limits, I think MIRI would be able to start a “sister org” that de facto serves as the policy arm. (I believe this is accepted practice & lots of orgs have sister policy orgs.)
(This doesn’t matter right now, insofar as you don’t think it would be an efficient allocation of resources to spin up a whole policy division. Just pointing it out in case your belief changes and the 501(c)3 thing felt like the limiting factor).