ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
SUNRISE TABLE TENNIS INC.
WHEREAS,
there is a need in the Pinellas County area to promote
fitness/
excellence and health of adults and children age 9 and up, by providing a series
of athletic and recreational Table Tennis competitions and Education for said population.
WHEREAS,
it is desirable to create a Florida not-for-profit
corporation
that will coordinate the use of governmental and
private
facilities and resources to implement the needed athletic
and
recreational competitions, and education; and
WHEREAS,
in the process of providing local competitions , the not-for-profit Corporation
will also raise the national image, interest and support for Senior and Junior
Games and provide an avenue for young adult scholarships.
NOW,
THEREFORE, we, the undersigned as the subscribers to
these
Articles of Incorporation, do hereby associate ourselves
together
for the purpose of forming a not-for-profit corporation
under
the laws of the State of Florida.
ARTICLE I - NAME
The
name of this Corporation is SUNRISE TABLE TENNIS INC.
ARTICLE II - PURPOSES
The
purposes for which the Corporation exists are as
follows:
1. This organization is formed exclusively for
charitable,
educational,
or literary purposes within the meaning of Section
501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding sections
of any
future federal tax code.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of these
Articles,
this
Corporation will not carry on any other activities not
permitted
to be carried on by (a) a corporation exempt from
Federal
Income Tax under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue
Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision of any
future
United States internal revenue law) or (b) a corporation,
contributions
to which are deductible under Section-170(c)(2) of
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision
of any
future United States internal revenue law).
3. No substantial part of the activities of the
Corporation
shall
be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting
to
influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not
participate
in, or intervene in (including the publishing or
distribution
of statements) any political campaign on behalf of
any
candidate for public office.
4. No part of the net earnings of the
Corporation shall
inure
to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its Trustees,
Officers
or other private persons, except that the Corporation
shall
be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation
for
services rendered and to make payments and distributions in
furtherance
of the purposes set forth in these Articles.
5. To exercise any and all rights and powers
conferred upon
non-profit
corporations by laws of the State of Florida as they
now
exist or as they may be amended.
ARTICLE III - DISTRIBUTION OF
ASSETS UPON DISSOLUTION
Upon
the dissolution of the Corporation, assets shall be
distributed
for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of
Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding
section
of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed
to the
federal government, or to a state or local government, for
a
public purpose. Any such assets not so
disposed of shall be
disposed
of by a court of competent jurisdiction of -the county in
which
the principal office of the Corporation is then located,
exclusively
for such purposes or to such organization or
organizations,
as said Court shall determine, which are organized
and
operated exclusively for such purposes.
ARTICLE IV - TERM
The
term of the Corporation shall be perpetual.
ARTICLE V - OFFICE AMD AGENT
The
registered office and principal office of the
Corporation
in the State of Florida will be located at 216 Hillcrest Dr, Safety Harbor, FL
34695. The registered
agent
of the Corporation in the State of Florida at the
registered
office is Alfred J. Palumbo.
ARTICLE VI - TRUSTEES
The
management and disposition of the affairs and property
of the Corporation
shall be vested in Trustees, who shall be
selected
from time to time in such manner, with such terms,- in
such
number and at such times as the By-Laws of this Corporation
may
provide. The number of such Trustees
may be increased or
decreased
at any time by the By-Laws, but the number of Trustees
shall
never be less than three (3). All the
business of the
Corporation
shall be conducted by the Trustees under and subject
to the
direction of the laws of the State of Florida and of the
United
States of America. The following
persons are at the
present
Trustees of the Corporation:
NAME ADDRESS
ALFRED
J. PALUMBO 216 Hillcrest
Dr
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
RAY
LOOK 1736 Ranchwood Dr
Dunidin, FL 34698
MARJORIE
LINDSAY 2391 Sumatran Way
#5
Clearwater FL, 33763
ARTICLE VII - OFFICERS
The
affairs of the Corporation are to be managed by the
following
officers: a President, a Vice
President, and a
Secretary/Treasurer. The Board of Trustees may provide for and
elect
any other officers or committees which may seem expedient
to the
Board. All officers shall be annually
elected by the
Board
of Trustees to serve for terms of one year.
The President
and
Treasurer shall be members of the Board of Trustees. The
names
of the officers who are to serve until the first election
thereof
are as follows:
NAME OFFICE
ALFRED
J. PALUMBO President
RAY
LOOK Vice President
MARJORIE
LINDSAY Secretary/Treasurer
ARTICLE VIII - MEMBERS
The
Corporation shall not have members.
ARTICLE
IX - INCORPORATORS
The
names and addresses of the incorporators to these
Articles
of Incorporation are as follows:
NAME ADDRESS
ALFRED
J. PALUMBO 216 Hillcrest
Dr
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
RAY
LOOK 1736 Ranchwood Dr
Dunidin, FL 34698
MARJORIE
LINDSAY 2391 Sumatran Way
#5
Clearwater
FL, 33763
ARTICLE X - BY-LAWS
The By-Laws
of the Corporation are to be made and adopted
by, and
may be altered/ amended, or rescinded by, the Trustees of
the
Corporation.
ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES
Any
Trustee or Officer of the Corporation may propose that
these
Articles of Incorporation be amended, but these Articles
may be
amended only by the act of two-thirds (2/3) of the
Trustees
of the Corporation.
ARTICLE XII - SCOPE OF CORPORATE
AUTHORITY
No
Trustee, Officer, or other authorized agent of this
Corporation
shall be deemed to have the authority, either express
or
implied, to legally obligate any other auxiliary, unit, or
other
organization of SUNRISE TABLE TENNIS FOUNDATION, INC.
ARTICLE XIII - SEAL
The
seal of the Corporation shall be a circular impression
with
the name "SUNRISE TABLE TENNIS FOUNDATION, INC." around the border
and
"Florida
Seal, 2004" in the center.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, We, the undersigned, as the
incorporators
of the above-named Corporation, do hereby subscribe
our
names and acknowledge the execution of the same on this 14th
day of
MONTH??, 2004
ALFRED
J. PALUMBO
RAY
LOOK
Marjorie
Lindsay
STATE
OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF
PINELLAS
BEFORE
ME/ personally appeared ALFRED J. PALUMBO, who is personally known to me or who
has produced a Florida driver’s license as identification and who executed the
foregoing Articles of Incorporation, and acknowledged to and before me that he
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS
my hand and official seal, this the ?? day. of MONTH??, 2004, in the aforesaid
County and State.
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NOTARY
PUBLIC
OFFICIAL
NOTARY SEAL
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NOTARY
PUBLIC STATE OF FLORIDA
COMMISSION
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STATE
OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF PINELLAS
BEFORE
ME, personally appeared RAY LOOK, who is personally known to me or who has
produced a Florida driver’s license as identification and who executed the
foregoing Articles of Incorporation, and acknowledged to and before me that he
executed
said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.
WITNESS
my hand and official seal, this the ?? day of
MONTH??,
2004, in the aforesaid County and State.
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NOTARY
PUBLIC
OFFICIAL
NOTARY SEAL
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NOTARY
PUBLIC STATE OF FLORIDA
COMMISSION
NO. XXXXXXXXXXXXX MY COMMISSION EXP.
XXX xx,xxxx
STATE
OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF
PINELLAS
BEFORE
ME, personally appeared MARJORIE LINDSAY, who is personally known to me or who
has produced a Florida driver’s license as identification and who executed the
foregoing Articles of Incorporation, and acknowledged to and before me that she
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed
.
.WITNESS
my hand and official seal, this the ?? day of
MONTH??,
2004, in the aforesaid County and State.
NOTARY
PUBLIC
OFFICIAL
NOTARY SEAL
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BR1CKLEY
NOTARY
PUBLIC STATE OF FLORIDA
COMMISSION
NO. XXXXXXXXXXXXX MY COMMISSION EXP.
XXX xx.xxxx
SUNRISE TABLE TENNIS FOUNDATION.
INC.
ACCEPTANCE BY REGISTERED AGENT
Having been
named to accept service of process for the
above-stated
Corporation, at place designated in the Articles, I
hereby
accept to act in this capacity, and agree to comply with
the
provision of said act relative to keeping open said office.
Alfred
J. Palumbo