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YOSEMITE CLIMBING MUSEUM
INCORPORATION INFORMATION
Articles of Incorporation
Official Entity Name Yosemite Climbing Association
Type of Entity Nonprofit corporation
Principal Office Address P.O. Box 89, Yosemite, CA 95389
Fax number N/A
Accountant Treasurer, Kastle A. Lund
Name and street address of initial agent for service of process (must be a CA resident) Ken Yager, 9784 Eagle Peak Road, El Portal, CA 95318
Name of incorporator(s) Ken Alan Yager, Tom McCallay Frost, Ted Roger Hansen, Kastle Airka Lund
Specific purpose of the corporation (include one-sentence description) The specific and primary purposes for which this corporation is organized are to preserve, protect and collect Yosemite climbing history and to make it available for public viewing and education.
Bylaws
Number of directors (please note if there will be any vacancies on the Board initially) Not more than __15_____ total with the initial number of directors being _____4______.
Full names of initial directors Ken Yager, Tom Frost, Ted Hansen, Kastle Lund
Chairman of the Board of Directors Tom McCallay Frost
Full names of initial honorary directors (if any) (note that there can be an unlimited number of honorary directors – they can attend meetings but have no voting rights) Richard Patrick Duane
Ron Anthony Kauk
Barry Emory Bates
Eric Christopher Kohl
Thomas Ayres Rohrer
Robert Hugh Burton
James Dennis Bridwell
Steven Joseph Bosque
Steven Henry Gerberding
Yvon Vincent Chouinard
Dean Spaulding Potter
Glen Ralston Denny
Rick George Cashner
Philip Dale Bircheff
Alan Morse Bartlett
David Alan Bircheff
Peter Curry Mayfield
Werner Juergen Braun
Lynn Marie Hill
Kevin Charles Worral
Allen Parker Steck
Michael Steven Corbett
Don William Reid
Royal Shannon Robbins
Stephen James Shackleton
Dave Eric Bengston
Scott Christopher Stowe
Stephen Howard Roper
Peter Bryan Croft
Timothy Charles O’Neill
TM Herbert
Jerald Linnell Anderson
Vern Jesse Clevenger
President Ken Alan Yager
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (note that bylaws require that the corporation have a treasurer and secretary, per California law) Kastle Airka Lund, Treasurer
Ted Roger Hansen, Secretary
Initial Board Resolutions
Names of officer(s) authorized to sign checks and deliver any agreement in the name of the corporation (specify if one signature is sufficient to act on behalf of the corporation) Ken Alan Yager, Tom McCallay Frost, Ted Roger Hansen, Kastle Airka Lund
Name of officer(s) authorized to employ investment counsel, custodians of the corporation’s property, brokers, accountants, attorneys and other Ken Alan Yager, Tom McCallay Frost, Ted Roger Hansen, Kastle Airka Lund
Name of bank County Bank, P.O. Box 1191, Merced, CA 95341-1191
End of each accounting year December 31
Date of annual meeting of the corporation for the purpose of election of directors and the transaction of other business The first Saturday of December of each year
Tax Exempt Status
Public Charity or Private Foundation? Public Charity
Description of ALL planned activities (it is best to be thorough as possible here) To provide interpretive displays that will educate the public about Yosemite and general climbing history; to acts as a resource for information on climbing; to accumulate, preserve and protect climbing artifacts with the intention of public display; to provide general education about climbing, human impact and responsibilities in the wilderness.
How will Museum receive financial support? Public donations, corporate sponsorships, grants, special events
Copies of solicitation letters, brochures, website information or plans?
Proposed budget for first 3 fiscal years $414,500