Articles of Incorporation of Nevada Inventors Association (NIA)
NOTE; Print Date Thursday, September 5, 1996 8:05 P.M.
Revised Date Sunday, May 24, 2003 11:08 A.M.
file Date Thursday, May 30, 1996 8:45 P.M.
Put online by the NIA
1. The name of the Corporation is Nevada Inventors Association, Inc.
II. Registered Office and Resident Agent
1. Registered Office
2. Registered Agent
III. Non-Profit Status
1. The Corporation is a nonprofit corporation
IV. Purpose
1. General Purpose
2. Charitable Purposes
3. Specific Purposes
V. Governing Board
1. Name
2. Number
3. Term
4. Composition for the First YearDonald G. Costar [address removed for security].
Donald Evans [address removed for security].
Shane Avansino [address removed for security].
Jens Christiansen [address removed for security].
Nadine Goodman [address removed for security].5. Method of Selection
VI. Limitation of Liability of Trustees and Officers
VII. Period of Existence
VIII. Membership
IX. Dissolution
X. Original Incorporators
Articles of Incorporation of
the Nevada Inventors Association, Inc.
The undersigned, each of whom is a citizen of the United States of America of the age of twenty-one years or more,
desiring to form a nonproElt corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Corporation") under the provisions
of Chapter 82 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, as it may be amended from time to time, do execute and acknowledge
the following Articles of Incorporation.
Article I
Name The name of the Corporation is Nevada Inventors Association, Inc.
Article II
Registered Office and Resident Agent
A. Registered Office The address of the registered office of the Corporation is [address removed for security].Reno, Washoe County, Nevada 89503. The Corporation may conduct all or part of its business in any other part of the State of Nevada.
B. Registered Agent The resident agent of the Corporation is Donald G. Costar, [address removed for security]., Reno, Nevada 89503.
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The Corporation is a nonprofit corporation which elects to be governed by the provisions of Chapter 81 of Nevada Revised Statutes or any successor or substitute statute.
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A. General Purpose. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs B. and C. of this Article IV and such other restrictions as the Trustees may impose, the Corporation may engage in any lawful activity.
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B. Charitable Purposes. The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, the Corporation shall carry on no activity not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any corresponding or substitute statute) or (b) by a corporation contributions to which are not deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any corresponding or substitute statute).
C. Specific Purposes. The specific purposes of the Corporation include, but are not limited to:1. To educate and inform inventors;
2. To promote a positive public image of inventors;
3. To promote networking amongst persons interested in entrepreneurial development of inventions;
4. And, generally, to carry on, either alone or in cooperation with or through the instrumentality of others, any and all activities in furtherance of one or more such objects and purposes.
A. Name . The name of the governing board of the Corporation shall be the "Board of Trustees" and each member of the governing board shall be a "Trustee."
B. Number . The number of the Board of Trustees shall be no less than three (3) and no more than nine (9), as the Bylaws of the Corporation shall provide.
C. Term . The term of the Trustees of the corporation shall be not less than one (1) year or more than three (3) years, as may be specifically provided by the Bylaws of the Corporation, or until the successor of the Trustee is elected and qualified as provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. The initial term of each of the Trustees shall be for one (1) year. Each Trustee may serve one or more consecutive terms, as specified in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
D. Composition for the First Year. The names and addresses of the first Trustees of the Board of Trustees of the Corporation until the first annual meeting are as follows: (In alphabetical order)
Name Residence Address
Shane Avansino [address removed for security]., NV 89509
Kens Christiansen [address removed for security]. Reno, NV 89523
Donald G. Costar [address removed for security]., NV 89503
Donald Evans [address removed for security]., NV 89509
Nadine Goodman [address removed for security]. Reno, NV 89509
Tony Patti [address removed for security]., Golden Valley, NV 89506
E. Method of Selection. Future members of the Board of Tmstees shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Membership.
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Article VI
Limitation of Liability of Trustees and Officers
No officer or Trustee of the Corporation shall have any personal liability to the Corporation or its members for any damages resulting from breach of any fiduciary duty as an Officer or Trustee, except for any acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud, or knowing violations of law.
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Article VII
Period of Existence
The period of existence of the Corporation is perpetual.
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Membership in the Corporation shall be in such classes and with appropriate limitations as shall be determined from time to time by the Trustees, as more specifically set forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
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Upon the dissolution of this Corporation, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (or corresponding section of any future tax code), or shall be distributed to such one or more charitable organizations or foundations whose purposes are compatible with those set forth in Article IV (C) above. In the absence of such designation by the Board of Trustees, the assets shall be distributed to a nonprofit corporation originated pursuant to the laws of Nevada.
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Article X
Original Incorporators
The names and addresses of the persons forming this Corporation, whose names are subscribed below, are as follows: Name Donald G. Costar Ian F. Burns, Esq.
Name Address
Donald G. Costar [address removed for security]. Reno, NV 89503
Ian F. Burns, Esq. [address removed for security]. Reno, NV 89509
Executed at Reno, Nevada, on the ________day of 1996,
_________________________________________________Donald G. Costar
_________________________________________________ Ian F. Burns, Esq.
STATE OF NEVADA ss. COUNTY OF WASHOE
On this _______________________day of _______________, 1996, before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Donald G. Costar, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal in said County and State the day and year in this Certificate first above written.
______________________________________NOTARY PUBLIC
in and for said County and State
STATE OF NEVADA ss. COUNTY OF WASHOE
On this _______________________day of ______________, 1996, before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Ian F. Burns, Esq., known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal in said County and State the day and year in this Certificate first above written.
_____________________________________NOTARY PUBLIC
in and for said County and State
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