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RFC 2134 ISOC Articles of Incorporation April 1997
B. The Articles of Incorporation may be amended by the affirmative
vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of
Trustees then in office, except that unanimous consent of the
members of the Board of Trustees then in office shall be
required for any amendment of this Article 7.
C. Upon the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
corporation, after all of its liabilities and obligations have
been paid, satisfied and discharged, or adequate provision has
been made therefor, all of the assets of the corporation shall
be distributed exclusively for such educational, charitable and
scientific purposes as the Trustees (or such other persons as
may be in charge of liquidation) shall determine, provided that
such distributions shall be made to one or more organizations
which qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3)
of the United States Internal Revenue Code as amended (or
corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal
Revenue law).
8. The address, including street and number, of the initial
registered office of the corporation is c/o C T Corporation
System, 1030 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, and the
name of its initial registered agent at such address is C T
Corporation System.
9. The number of Trustees constituting the initial Board of Trustees
of the corporation is fourteen, and the names and addresses,
including street and number, if any, of the persons who are to
serve as the initial Trustees until the first annual meeting or
until their successors be elected and qualify are:
Charles N. Brownstein
National Science Foundation
1800 G Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20550
Vinton G. Cerf
CNRI
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, Virginia 22091
A. Lyman Chapin
Bolt Beranek & Newman
70 Fawcett Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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