[CSL board] IMPORTANT tax exempt status and electronic meeting toammend articles of incorporation:

[Karen Zgoda]

aye again

...Karen

Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW
Doctoral Student
Boston College

karen at karenzgoda.org
http://www.karenzgoda.org


On Aug 1, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Melissa M. Carino wrote:

> aye again
>
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> Subject: Re: [CSL board] IMPORTANT tax exempt status and electronic  
> meeting toammend articles of incorporation:
>
> aye
>
> On Aug 1, 2006, at 6:21 AM, Laura MacNeil wrote:
>
>> Laura MacNeil seconds the following motion:
>>
>> Be it resolved that we will amend Article II
>>    of our articles of  incorporation in the state
>>    of Massachusetts to make item (1) of Article II
>>    read:
>>
>>        The organization is organized exclusively for charitable
>>        and educational purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the
>>        Internal Revenue Code.
>>
>>    Be it further resolved that the existing items 1-6 of Article II
>>    will be renumbered as items 2-7
>>
>>    Be it further resolved that the officers of the corporation
>>    are authorized to file the necessary paperwork with the State
>>    of Massachusetts to register these amendments to our articles
>>    of incorporation.
>>
>> Dan MacNeil wrote:
>>
>>> Ms Smith writes in her latest request for information (due Tuesday
>>> the 8th):
>>>
>>> 1) Upon our initial review of your organization it did not appear
>>> that your organization would qualify for exemption under section
>>> 501(c)(3). However after reviewing your responses, it appears that
>>> you can qualify for exemption under section 501(c)(3). However you
>>> will be required to to amend your articles of incorporation to
>>> perfect your purpose clause so that your purposes fall within the
>>> purview of section 501(c)(3). Your purpose as stated alone in
>>> Items 1 through 4 under article II are not consistent with section
>>> 501c3 because they don not directly accomplish one of the
>>> established categories of charitable purposes. Therefore it is
>>> recommended that you add the following language under Article II
>>> as the beginning statement.
>>>
>>>     The organization is organized exclusively for charitable
>>>     and educational purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the
>>>     Internal Revenue Code.
>>> #####
>>>
>>> For reference our articles of incorporation are:
>>>
>>>     http://thecsl.org/sys/legal_and_tax/ma_st_articles_of_inc.pdf
>>>
>>> So I would like a second and a vote for the following motion:
>>>
>>>     Be it resolved that we will amend Article II
>>>     of our articles of  incorporation in the state
>>>     of Massachusetts to make item (1) of Article II
>>>     read:
>>>
>>>         The organization is organized exclusively for charitable
>>>         and educational purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the
>>>         Internal Revenue Code.
>>>
>>>     Be it further resolved that the existing items 1-6 of Article II
>>>     will be renumbered as items 2-7
>>>
>>>     Be it further resolved that the officers of the corporation
>>>     are authorized to file the necessary paperwork with the State
>>>     of Massachusetts to register these amendments to our articles
>>>     of incorporation.
>>>
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