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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION HAWTHORNE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, INC. 1. The name of the corporation is: HAWTHORNE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, INC. 2. The corporation is organized pursuant to the Georgia Non-Profit Corporation Code. 3. The corporation shall have perpetual duration. 4. The corporation is a non-profit corporation and is organized for the following purposes: to promote the civic interests of residents of the area surrounding the Hawthorne Elementary School in Dekalb County with such geographical limits as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine; and to engage in any lawful business or activities related thereto; and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Georgia Non-Profit Code. 5. The governing body of the corporation shall consist of not less than three nor more than twelve members. The incorporators shall be the first members of the Board of Directors. Members of the Board shall be elected annually at a meeting called for such purpose at the time and place and under such rules as the Bylaws may provide. The officers of said corporation shall be elected by the Board within thirty days of the election of the Board of Directors. 6. The Board of Directors, by majority vote, shall have the power to adopt all rules and By-laws consistent with the charter and the conduct of the affairs and activities of the corporation. 7. The corporation is not organized and shall not be operated for profit and shall have no capital stock. 8. No part of the property of said corporation and no part of its net earnings shall ever at any time inure to the benefit of any individual. 9. All contributions received and accepted shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes set forth in this charter, the corpus and the income therefrom being perpetually used for those purposes. 10. The officers of the corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice-Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasurer; the latter two offices may be held by one person. The Board may appoint such committees and agents and create such other offices as to them shall seem best, and delegate to them such powers and duties as in the discretion of the Board may seem appropriate. 11. The corporation, upon the vote of a majority of its Board at the time in office, shall have the power to do and perform any and all of the powers conferred by this charter, or the laws of the State of Georgia, and shall likewise have all other powers, privileges and immunities which, under the laws of the State of Georgia now, or hereafter may be vested in similar corporations. 12. The initial registered office of the corporation is 2605 Cosmos Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30345. The initial registered agent of the corporation is Bryan M. Davis. 13. The initial board of directors shall consist of three members, the name and address of which is as follows: Bryan Davis, 2605 Cosmos Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30345 J. Barton McMillan, 2583 Cosmos Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30345 Emily M. Turner-Lewy, 2590 Cosmos Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30345 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned incorporators have executed these Articles of Incorporation this twenty-second day of August, 1989.
Emily M. Turner-Lewy President
J. Barton McMillan Vice President
Bryan M. Davis Secretary |
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