Articles of Incorporation
Rochester Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
We, the undersigned, for the purpose of forming a nonprofit corporation under the provisions of Chapter 317 of Minnesota Statutes, otherwise known as the Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation Act, hereby adopt the following articles of Incorporation.
1.0 Name
The name of the corporation shall be Rochester Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
2.0 Purpose
The corporation shall have the following purposes:
To advance the general interest and welfare of amateur radio, to provide radio knowledge and scientific experimentation, to promote cooperation and the exchange of information between members, to conduct club programs, and to provide public service radio support for community activities.
3.0 Pecuniary Gain
The corporation does not and shall not afford pecuniaryu gain, incidentally or otherwise, to any member.
4.0 Duration
The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.
5.0 Registered Office
The registered office of the corporation shall be at 2711 12th Avenue NW, Rochester, Minnesota 55901.
6.0 Incorporators
The name and address of each incorporator is:
- John W Reed, Pine Island, Minnesota 55963
- Robert E Dubke, Rochester, Minnesota 55901
7.0 First Officers
The first Board of Directors is composed of five persons whose names, addresses and initial terms of office are as follows:
- Robert E Dubke, Rochester, Minnesota 55901
- Joseph D Fishburn, Rochester, Minnesota 55901
- Edward Hallbeck, Rochester, Minnesota 55901
- William C McGurk, Rochester, Minnesota 55901
- Gilbert D. Baron, Rochester, Minnesota 55901
Each of the foregoing Directors shall serve until the end of the first annual meeting of the members of the Corporation.
8.0 Officers
The officers of the corporation shall include a president, one vice president, a secretary, a treasurer and a trustee of the club station license, each of who shall be elected by the members of the corporation at their annual meeting and shall hold office until the end of the next annual meetings or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified; provided, however, that the initial president, vice president, secretary and treasurer shall be elected by the first Board of Directors and each shall hold office until the end of the first annual meeting of the members or until his or her usccessor is duly elected and qualified. The persons elected as president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and trustee of the club station license, shall also, by their election as such officers, be elected as directors of the corporation. The bylaws of the corporation may provide for other officers of the corporation to be appointed by the Board of Directors by the members.
9.0 Personal Liability
No member of the corporation shall have any person liability for any obligation of the corporation.
10.0 Capital Stock
The corporation shall have no capital stock.
11.0 Bylaws
Bylaws shall be adopted containing provisions for the purpose of administering and regulating the affairs of the corporation, and shall include provisions establishing the qualifications for membership and the conditions of membership as well as any establishment of classes of members.
Dated: June 19, 1984.
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s/John W Reed
Incorporator
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s/Robert E Dubke
Incorporator
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State of Minnesota
County of Olmsted
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me, a Notary Public, this 19th day of June, 1984, by John W. Reed and Robert E Dubke.
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