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.

 

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

NOTARY PUBLIC

 

OFFICIAL NOTARY SEAL

JAM ESXXXX

NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF FLORIDA

COMMISSION NO. XXXXXXXXXXXXX           MY COMMISSION EXP. XXX xx,xxxx

 

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.

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

NOTARY PUBLIC

 

OFFICIAL NOTARY SEAL

XXXX XXXX

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

XXXX M 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