[Ravensfort] Articles of Incorporation

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April 2005 revision 

Articles of Incorporation of the SCA, Inc. 

THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM, INC. CERTIFICATE OF
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM, INCORPORATED HILDA
POWERS and CLIVEDEN CHEW HAAS certify that:

 They are the president and the secretary, respectively, of the SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM,
INCORPORATED, a California Non-Profit Corporation. The Articles of Incorporation shall be amended
to read as herein set forth in full: 

I. The name of this corporation shall be Society for Creative Anachronism, Incorporated. 

II. This corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the
private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for
charitable purposes. The purposes for which this corporation is formed include: 
(a) Research and education in the field of pre-17th-Century Western Culture. 
(b) Generally, to engage in research; publish material of relevance and interest to the field of
pre-17th-Century Western Culture; to present activities and events which re-create the environment
of said era, such as, but not limited to, tournaments, jousts, fairs, dances, classes, et cetera;
to acquire authentic or reproduced replicas of chattels representative of said era; and to collect
a library. 
(c) This corporation shall have and exercise all rights and powers conferred upon nonprofit
corporations under the laws of the State of California, provided that all activities shall be
incidental to and in the furtherance of the purposes set forth in II.a. and b. Above. 

III. In accordance with the provisions of Section 9913 of the California Corporations Code, this
corporation elects to be governed by all of the provisions of the California Nonprofit Public
Benefit Corporation Law not otherwise applicable to this corporation under Sections 9910-9927 of
the Corporations Code. 

IV. This corporation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the
meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of
these articles, the corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be
carried on (1) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal
Revenue Law), or (2) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section
170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision of any future
United States Internal Revenue Law). No substantial part of the activities of this corporation
shall consist of the carrying on of propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation,
nor shall this corporation participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or
distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any
candidate for public office. 

V. The property of this corporation is irrevocably dedicated to charitable purposes and no part of
the net income or assets of this corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any director,
officer or member thereof or to the benefit of any private person. Upon the dissolution or winding
up of the corporation, its assets remaining after payment, or provision for payment, of all debts
and liabilities of this corporation shall be distributed to a nonprofit fund, foundation or
corporation which is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes and which has
established its tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 


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