Helping to reduce worldwide poverty
BY- LAWS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copy of Certificate of Incorporation
Receipt of the Department of State
By-Laws
Article 1 - Officers
Article 11 - Purposes
Article 111 -
Aricle1V - Directors
1. Management of the Corporation
2. Election and Term of the Directors
3. Increase or Decrease in Number of Directors
4. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies
5. Removal of Directors
6. Resignations
7. Quorum of Directors
8. Action of the Board
9. Place and Time of Board Meetings
10. Regular Annual Meeting
11. Notice of Meetings of the Board, Adjournment
12. Chairman
13. Executive and Other Committees
Article V - Officers
1. Offices, Election, Term
2. Removal, Resignation, Salary
3. President
4. Vice-Presidents
5. Treasurer
6. Assistant-Treasurer
7. Secretary
8. Assistant- Secretary
9. Surety and Bonds
Article VI - Seal
Article V11 - Construction
Article V111 - Amendment
MINUTES AND BY-LAWS
The principal office of the Corporation shall be in the Borough of Brooklyn County of Kings State of New York. On international basis, the corporation maintains an office in the Borough of Carice, North East of Haiti and an other office at DUBOIS Shopping Center, Delmas 29 Port- Au- Prince., HAITI
The Corporation may also have offices at such other places within or without this state as the board may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
Article 11- PURPOSES
The purposes for which this corporation has been organized are as follows:
To provide aid for the underprivileged in the United States of America and foreign countries.
ARTICLE 1V - DIRECTORS
1. MANAGEMENT OF THE CORPORATION
The corporation shall be managed by the board of directors which shall consist of not less than three directors. Each director shall be at least nineteen years of age. The co-founders supervise and may veto any decision taken.
2. ELECTION AND TERM OF DIRECTORS.
At each annual meeting of members the Co-founder's board shall before evaluate the directors works, remove and elect directors to hold office serving four years rotating term until the next annual meeting. Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he was elected and until his successor has been elected and shall have qualified, or until his prior resignation or removal.
3. INCREASE OR DECREASE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.
The number of directors may be increased or decreased by vote of the members or by vote of a majority of all of the directors. No decrease in number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
4. NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES.
Newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and vacancies occurring in the board for any reason except the removal of directors without cause may be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum exists, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation. Vacancies occurring by reason of the removal of the directors without shall be filled by vote of the members. A director elected to fill a vacancy caused by resignation, death or removal shall be elected to hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.
5. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.
Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause by vote of the members or by action of the board. Directors may be removed without cause only by vote of the members.
6. RESIGNATION.
A director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the board, the president or the secretary of the corporation. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the board or such officer, and the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
QUORUM OF DIRECTORS
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, a majority of the entire board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or any specified item of business.
7. ACTION OF THE BOARD.
Unless otherwise required by law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at the time of the vote, if a quorum is present at such time, shall be the act of the board. Each director present shall have one vote.
8. PLACE AND TIME OF BOARD MEETINGS
The board may hold its meetings at the office of the corporation or at such other places , either within or without the state, as it may from time to time determine.
9. REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING.
A regular annual meeting of the board shall be held once a year at a location agreed upon by the board.
10. NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, ADJOURNEMENT.
Regular meetings of the board may be held without notice at such time and place as it shall from time to time determine. Special meetings of the board shall be held upon notice to the directors and may be called by the president upon three days' notice to each director either personally or by mail or by wire; special meeting shall be called by the president or by the secretary in a like manner on written request of two directors. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a waiver of notice whether before or after the meeting or who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him.
A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Notice of the adjournment shall be given all directors who were absent at the time of the adjournment and, unless such time and place are announced at the meeting, to the other directors.
12. CHAIRMAN.
At all meetings of the board the president, or in his absence, a chairman chosen by the board shall preside.
13. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES.
The board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board, may designate from among its members an executive committee and other committees, each consisting of three or more directors. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
1. OFFICERS, ELECTION, TERM
Unless otherwise provided for in the certificate of incorporation, the Co-founders may elect or appoint a president, and the new elect or appoint president may propose one or more vice-presidents for evaluation. The newly created board including the co-founders, president and vice-presidents may thereafter elect a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers as it may determine, who shall have such duties, powers and functions as hereinafter provided. All officers shall be elected or appointed to hold office serving four years rotating term following evaluation of their work at the annual meeting of members. Each officer shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or appointed and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified.
2. REMOVAL, RESIGNATION, SALARY
Any officer elected or appointed by the board may be removed by the board with or without cause. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of an officer, the board in its discretion may elected or appoint a successor to fill the enexpired term. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. The salaries of all officers shall be fixed by the board.
3. PRESIDENT.
The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the members and of the board; he shall have the general management of the affairs of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board are carried into effect.
4. VICE-PRESIDENTS.
During the absence or disability of the president, the vice-president, or if there are more than one. the executive vice-president, shall have the powers and functions of the president. Each vice-president shall perform such other duties as the board shall prescribe.
5. TREASURER.
The treasurer shall have the care and custody of all funds and securities of the corporation, and shall deposit said funds in the name of the corporation in such bank or trust company as the directors may elect; he shall, when duly authorized by the board of directors, sign and execute all contracts in the name of the corporation, when countersigned by the president; he shall also sign all checks, drafts, notes, and orders for payment of money, which shall be duly authorized by the board of directors and shall be countersigned by the president; he shall at all reasonable times exhibit his books and accounts to any director or member of the corporation upon application at the office of the corporation during ordinary business hours. At the end of each corporate year, he shall have an audit of teh accounts of the corporation made by a committee appointed by the president, and shall present such audit in writing at the annual meeting of the members, at which time he shall also present an annual report setting forth in full the financial conditions of the corporation.
6. ASSISTANT-TREASURER
During the absence or disability of the treasurer, the assistant-treasurer, or if there are more than one, the one so designated by the secretary or by the board, shall have the powers and functions of the treasurer.
7. SECRETARY.
The secretary shall keep the minutes of the board of directors and also the minutes of the members. He shall have the custody of the seal of the corporation and shall affix and attest the same to documents when duly authorized by the board of directors. He shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the corporation, and shall have charge of such books and papers as the board of directors may direct; he shall attend to such correspondence as may be assigned to him, and perform all the duties incidental to his office. He shall keep a membership roll containing the names, alphabetically arranged, of all persons who are members of the corporation, showing their places of residence and the time when they became members.
8. ASSISTANT-SECRETARIES.
During the absence or disability of the secretary, the assistant-secretary, or if there are more than one, the one so designated by the secretary or by the board, shall have all the powers and functions of the secretary.
9. SURETIES AND BONDS.
In case the board shall so require, any officer or agent of the corporation shall execute to the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the board may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties to the corporation and including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the corporation which may come into his hands.
ARTICLE V1- SEAL
The seal of the corporation shall be as follows: in a dry writing...
FHED INCORPORATED
corporate SEAL 2002
NEW YORK
ARTICLE V11- CONSTRUCTION
If there be any conflict between the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and these by-laws, the provisions of the certificate of incorporation shall govern.
ARTICLE V111- AMENDMENTS
The by-laws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the members at the time there are entitled to vote in the election of directors. By-laws may also be adopted, amended or repealed by the board of directors but any by-law adopted, amended or repealed by the board may be amended by the members entitled to vote thereon as hereinbefore provided.
If any by-law regulating an impending election or directors is adopted, amended or repealed by the board, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of members for the elections of directors the by-law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the changes made.