ARMA InternationalARMA International Governance Current Policies and Procedures

 

  

 

Part 1 – GOVERNANCE

 

SECTION:  General Administration

 

POL 1-014 Pr

Articles of Incorporation

 

Effective date: July 1, 2009

Approval date: May 3, 2009

Last revised: May 3, 2009

Cancelled date: 

Reference:

Cross reference: POL1 -010, POL 1-015

 

PROCEDURES

 

1.                Unless otherwise required to ensure the Association may undertake certain activities, the Articles of Incorporation of ARMA International will be reviewed once every 5 years to determine if revisions are required to comply with any legal requirements of the Association.

 

2.                The review of the Articles of Incorporation may be done in conjunction with the review of the Bylaws of the Association. If it is anticipated that the Bylaws will be revised, the Articles of Incorporation may need to be reviewed to determine whether any of the revisions has an impact on the Articles.

 

3.                If amendments to the Articles of Incorporation are or appear to be required, such proposed amendments will be brought to the attention of the Association’s legal counsel.

 

4.                If the Association’s legal counsel agrees that the proposed amendments should be made to the Articles of Incorporation, the amendments will be submitted as an agenda item for the Board meeting at which they first will be presented for Board consideration..  (See POL 1-010 Pr for procedures on submitting agenda items to the Board.)

 

5.                A two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors during a meeting is required for adoption of any proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.

 

6.                The approved amendments to the Articles of Incorporation will be filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Kansas.

 

7.                ARMA’s corporate secretary will notify the Board when the Kansas Secretary of State has acknowledged receipt of the amended Articles.

 

8.                The amendments to the Articles of Incorporation as filed with and acknowledged by the Secretary of State will be retained by the ARMA International Corporate Secretary.

 

The Articles of Incorporation of ARMA International are attached as Exhibit A.