Sarah Palin, oil money and charitable dividends

The world may now know Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, but folks in the charity biz no doubt remember her work in creating the charitable check-off provision for Alaskans receiving a Permanent Fund Dividend from the state's oil revenue. Under this new law, residents can donate part or all of their annual oil dividend to qualifying charities.

What?

You don't remember this?

Well, it was big news in Alaska, anyway. They even took a picture of her at the bill's signing, in a room with all the other residents of the state: