STATE OF ALABAMA)
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON)
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SERA KARST TASK FORCE, INC. AN ALABAMA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION
To the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, the undersigned incorporators hereby file this their Articles of Incorporation of a non-profit corporation as recited herein.
1. The name of the corporation is the SERA Karst Task Force, Inc (SKTF).
2. The period of duration of the corporation is to be perpetual.
3. The purposes of the corporation are to include any of those purposes
specified in Section 10-3A-1 of the Code of Alabama. THE SKTF is a resource
organization dedicated to karst conservation and the clean up of karst features
and caves, through the education of both the public and caving communities.
4. Members of the corporation consist of one class of member who must be current
members of the National Speleological Society and of one of its’ chapters or
grottos in the Southeastern Region of the National Speleological Society Inc.
Members of the Committee include the current SERA Chairman, SERA Vice
Chairman, SERA Secretary/Treasurer and six at large SERA members appointed
by the Chairman of SERA for two-year terms, subject to the approval of the
Committee.
5. The SKTF Committee shall have full power to conduct and supervise all business
of the Committee.
6. Bylaws may be enacted by a simple majority vote of the committee providing
they do not conflict with these articles.
7. The location of the initial registered office is 800 Shades Creek Parkway, Suite
850, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama 35209. The identity and location
of the initial registered agent is Jay Clark at the above address.
8. The SKTF Committee constitutes the Board of Directors. The number of the initial
directors comprising the Board of Directors will be 9. The names and addresses
of the initial members of the Board of Directors are:
James L. Wilbanks P.O. Box 34 Rising Fawn, Georgia 30738
Lynn K. Roebuck 94 Magnolia Lane Normandy, TN 37360
Myrna Attaway 2034 48th Place Ensley Birmingham, AL 35208
Brian E. Roebuck 94 Magnolia Lane Normandy, TN 37360
9. The name and address of each of the original incorporators is as follows:
James L. Wilbanks P.O. Box 34 Rising Fawn, Georgia 30738
Lynn K. Roebuck 94 Magnolia Lane Normandy, TN 37360
Myrna Attaway 2034 48th Place Ensley Birmingham, AL 35208
Brian E. Roebuck 94 Magnolia Lane Normandy, TN 37360
10. In addition to anything recited above and anything recited in the bylaws of the
corporation, this non-profit corporation is to have all the powers set out in
Section 10-3A section 1 and following of the Code of Alabama.
11. The corporation is strictly a not for profit corporation set up in accordance
with the guidelines of Section 501C of the Internal Revenue Service
Code and designed solely to perform a civic service without any monetary
profit being provided to any of the members of the corporation.
12. In the event of the dissolution of the corporation, all assets of the SKTF shall
revert to The Southeastern Regional Association of the National Speleological
Society Inc.
STATE OF _________________)
COUNTY OF _______________)