Bylaws of COMBAT Limited
a domestic non-profit corporation
Article I: Specifications
§ 01: Name
This non-stock and non-membership corporation, operating on a
not for profit basis, is known as COMBAT
Limited.
§ 02: Operational Name
This non-profit corporation normally operates under,
trades or conducts business under, and holds itself out to the
general public under the abbreviated name of
COMBAT.
§ 03: Logogram
The logogram of this corporation is a stylized version of the
classic Combat Infantryman's Badge with one or another writing
instrument (ie: quill, pen, pencil) substituting for the
traditional musket. This logogram, with or without words
appended, may exist in any color combination or artistic
treatment, including relief, and as such also represents this
not for profit corporation.
Article II: Purposes
This not for profit corporation has been organized
exclusively to educate the general public by publishing
literature, as cited by section 501c3 of the Internal
Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any successive
federal tax code. This purpose exists in and is manifested by the
following sustaining activities:
§ 01:
to periodically publish a literary magazine on the
ramifications of war;
§ 01A:
entitled "COMBAT, the Literary
Expression of Battlefield Touchstones";
§ 01B:
located online at "http://www.combat.ws/" and
"http://www.combatmagazine.*/";
§ 02:
to provide a forum for literary expression on the causes and
ramifications of war;
§ 03:
to maintain archives of war related literature;
§ 04:
to make information on war and peace available to the public;
§ 05:
to inspire the documentation of historical research and
analysis;
§ 06:
to facilitate through writings the adjustment to combat injury or
loss;
§ 07:
to perpetuate the honorable characteristics of
servicemembers;
§ 08:
to stimulate appreciation for the service and sacrifice of
veterans;
§ 09:
to supply referrals to veterans and servicemembers;
§ 10:
to assist veterans' organizations or activities, whenever
feasible;
§ 11:
to commemorate tributes to veterans;
§ 12:
to aid orphans, refugees, or émigrés displaced by
war;
§ 13:
to encourage cross-cultural understanding and international
relations;
§ 14:
and to transact any other lawful business to further these
purposes.
This not for profit corporation is nonpartisan and
nonsectarian, and will not issue any endorsements. These purposes
are intended to sustain this non-profit organization by
benefiting its general community.
Article III: Organization
The purposes of this non-profit corporation shall be
executed under the provisions of these Bylaws, and any necessary
policy or instrumentality may be established for these ends by
this authority. This corporation, its officers and
representatives, shall be regulated in their functions and
endeavors by all applicable laws, codes, and statutes.
Article IV: Officers
This self-contained and self-directed organization has been
established by its incorporator, who also serves as registered
agent (or agent of process), and is wholly responsible for
guiding and sustaining this non-profit corporation
through all its affairs and activities. Other persons may, from
time to time, execute specific assignments as needed. There shall
be no directors or trustees, permanent boards or standing
committees, that may alter or amend the decisions of the sole
executive.
Article V: Offices
This corporation maintains its legal address at Post Office Box
3, Circleville, WV 26804; and maintains its principal and
registered office in the county of Pendleton in the state of West
Virginia, where its registered agent (or agent of process) may be
contacted. It may, from time to time, have other offices within
or without the state, as needed, pursuant to its not for
profit purposes.
Article VI: Meetings
As a non-stock and non-membership organization, the only meetings
of this non-profit corporation shall be either editorial
conferences or marketing councils, whenever and wherever
appropriate, in execution or implementation of established
purposes.
Article VII: Transactions
All transactions, negotiations, filings, contracts, notes, loans,
and other financial arrangements, together constituting the
lawful business affairs of this corporation, shall be vested in
the corporator, the sole executive of this organization. Gifts
and donations may be contributed to this not for profit
corporation to sustain or extend its purposes.
Article VIII: Fiscal Year
The lawful affairs and activities of this non-profit
corporation shall be transacted during a fiscal year commensurate
with the calendar year.
Article IX: Records
The books, records, documents, and files of this not for
profit corporation shall be accurate, complete, and written
(or in a form convertible to writing); and they shall be compiled
each year with an Annual Report summarizing all transactions, and
held pending inspection by competent authority.
Article X: Indemnification
Only the officers, agents, employees, or representatives of this
non-profit corporation shall be indemnified by the
assets of the corporation if they have acted lawfully, in
good faith, and in the best interests of the
corporation; no other person engaged under contract, enterprise,
trust, joint venture, or association shall be indemnified by the
corporation, regardless of that person's conduct or belief. These
strictures and exclusions do not limit or impair anyone's
recourse to other resources and remedies.
Article XI: Dissolution
If cessation compels dissolution, because further literary
publication cannot be assumed by nor transferred to any other
suitable entity, then this not for profit corporation
shall distribute its assets to another non-profit
corporation, or to a state or federal governmental agency, in
accordance with prevailing laws, to be used for one or more
exempt purposes described in section 501c3 of the Internal
Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any successive
federal tax code.
West Virginia chartered non-profit corporation #75413
(25 April 2005)
amended (30 June 2005)
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