Articles of Incorporation
of the
Second Life Foundation
The name of the corporation and the chapter of the Code or session laws under which incorporated.
The name of the corporation is Second Life Foundation and is incorporated under the Iowa Nonprofit Corporation Act, Iowa Statutes, Chapter 504A.
The period of duration if for a limited period, but in absence of any statement in the articles all corporations organized hereunder shall have perpetual duration.
The corporation shall have perpetual duration unless and until dissolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in the bylaws.
The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized.
The corporation seeks to preserve and enhance the quality of life for all individuals with a medical need for organ replacement by generating a large base of volunteer organ donor members to maximize the number of organs available for replacement; and by providing the information services needed to ensure that the greatest possible number of patients receive medically required organ replacements. The corporation seeks to secure for its members the same benefits those members make possible for others.
Any provision, not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators elect to set forth in the articles of incorporation for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation, including any provision for distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation.
On dissolution or final liquidation, the assets of the corporation are to be distributed in accordance with the provisions set forth in the bylaws.
The address of its initial registered office including street and number, if any, the name of the county in which the registered office is located, and the name of its initial registered agent or agents at such address
The address of the corporations initial registered office and its initial registered agent are as follows:
Morris R. Dovey
Second Life Foundation
1603 22nd Street, Suite 101
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50266-1410
The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors.
The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors is one and the name and address of the initial director is:
Morris R. Dovey
1410 20th Street, #20
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50265-1504
Any provision not inconsistent with law or the purposes for which the corporation is organized, which the incorporators wish to set forth; or any provision limiting any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter.
No person shall be elegible to serve as a director who has in the ten years previous been an agent of, employed in or by the insurance industry, the healthcare industry, the medical profession, any governmental agency (excepting former military personnel in those case where the individual was never assigned to a post in the District of Columbia), or any organization receiving more than half of its operating funds from any governmental agency. This provision may be removed or amended only by the unanimous vote of all of the directors of the corporation.
The date on which corporate existence shall begin, which may be any date identified by year, month and day not more than ninety days in the future. In the absence of any statement in the articles as to date of beginning of corporate existence, such existence shall commence on the date on which the secretary of state issues the certificate of incorporation.
Corporate existence shall commence on May 1, 1993.
The name and address of each incorporator.
The name and address of the sole incorporator is:
Morris R. Dovey
1410 20th Street, #20
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50265-1504
It shall not be necessary to set forth in the articles of incorporation any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter.
Unless the articles of incorporation provide that a change in the number of directors shall be made only by amendment to the articles of incorporation, a change in the number of directors made by amendment to the bylaws shall be controlling. In all other cases, whenever a provision of the articles of incorporation is inconsistent with a bylaw, the provision of the articles of incorporation shall be controlling.
Incorporator's Signature:
Bylaws of the Second Life Foundation
Journal of the Second Life Foundation
Copyright © 1996 Morris R Dovey
Revised: December 16, 2003
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