1. Articles of Incorporation of a NonProfit Corporation
Of
Pershing Wheel Institute for Community Development and
Urban Design Inc.
The following documentation was prepared in good efforts to meet all compliance regulations,
rules, and otherwise assumed process of application for all Governing bodies/entities that have
been designated by statute or rule making authority to ensure such.
The undersigned incorporator, desiring to form such incorporation (Inc.) pursuant to the
provisions of the Indiana Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1991 executes the following Articles.
Article 1.
In good faith of compliance of Indiana Code Title 23 Article 17;
The legal name deemed distinguishable upon the record shall be formally recognized as:
Pershing Wheel Institute for Community Development
and Urban Design Incorporated
This filing serves as official notification of an Assumed Business Name /Doing Business as
Pershing Wheel Institute and
the Assumed Business Name/Doing Business as Pershing Wheel.
Notice of originating documents and all amendments forthcoming shall be in compliance of IC
23-17-28.
The Principal Office of the Pershing Wheel Institute for Community Development and Urban
Design is:
2030 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis Indiana 46202.
As necessary by IC 23-17-6-2 If such stated address does not house the entity as such, an
amendment will be filed as deemed timely and necessity by the laws of compliance.
Article II.
The purpose of Pershing Wheel Institute for Community Development and Urban Design is to
seek tolerance, understanding, and compassion to the Community at large.
2. The following information is provided to ensure compliance of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
and the Indiana Department of Revenue‘s requirements deemed necessary to issue a status of
tax-exempt for the entity defined in such articles.
The purpose of stated Inc. is considered authorized activities of a nonprofit corporation by IC
23-17-4-1
The purpose of such Inc. will be to serve as a social welfare organization as stated in IRC
501(c)(4) of Federal Regulations.
The Inc. is a non for profit body with the authority to commerce with other recognized legal
entities.
All efforts of the entity stated shall be in the efforts of the community as a whole, and activity will
not be influenced by external capital or incentive.
The entity shall operate under the primary purpose of social welfare by engaging in activity with
the interest of promoting the common good and general welfare of the people of the community.
The entity’s existence is to seek civic betterments and social improvements as stated in Section
1.501(c)(4)-1(a)(2)(i). All efforts of the entity are in a ‘non for profit’ manner as defined by
applicable statutes.
In the absence of an official Congressional or Service pronouncement construing the term ‘social
welfare’, the documentation stated acts to define such for transparency of good intent.
The Inc. accepts the understood meaning as defined in judicial courts of law, “the ideas of citizens
of a community cooperating to promote the common good and social welfare of the community.”
(United States v. Pickwick Electric Membership Corporation)
Under the assumption that such definition is applicable, the Inc. ‘s primary purpose shall be
known as: Collecting the perspectives of all members of the community, limited only by force of
natural constraints shall attempt to use such research to better such community.
The Inc.’s activity can be generalized into two functions:
Asking the community about the community
Designing solutions to better the community as the community deemed such best as the
solutions.
The Inc. will facilitate the idea of new ideas.
The Inc. seeks to find the one solution to the Community and that solution is where everyone
benefits.
This is stated to mirror the judicial ruling regarding Erie Endowment v. United States stating that
“the organization must be community movement designed to accomplish community ends.”
4. Accuracy – Data collected in subjective form presents the demand to “data mine” (as it is
commonly known) the relevant information. All research will be preserved and archived
perpetually or as deemed by law. Revisions of such content or ‘mined’ data will be stated as such
and retained as required.
True Community – In the efforts of collecting the impossible, a truly random sample, the Inc. will
promote and conduct activity to allow opportunity to participate to those who had not previous
or otherwise. Innovation in communication shall be championed off this principle.
Timely – Published research studies will be provided to all entities willing to receive such
notification. Efforts and activities shall be conducted to provide education of such research in the
best hopes of social improvements due to such.
Teach to Educate - The Inc. formally recognizes that acknowledgement of a perceived problem
will always be the first step in solving such problem.
Research analysis that concludes a commonly assumed negative impact to such community will
be addressed in activity of the Inc.
The activity of Community need shall include but not be limited to; outreach activities, awareness
campaigns, analyzing driving/influential factors, and all other activities that are considered to be
facilitating the common good.
Specific topic areas of Research will be those of which are considered necessary and proper for
the benefit of the community at large.
Research Categories
Public Transportation and Improvements in Mass Transit
Infrastructure Design and Civil Engineering
Labor Market and Professional Trends
Criminal Justice
Poverty and Homeless
Education
Medicine and Public Health
Faith-Based Initiatives and Community Programs
The Inc. shall actively seek capital funds for necessity of operations including personal wages of
such employees.
5. The Inc. shall conduct activity to satisfy the demands conveyed and understood of all public
capital, found most frequent in the form of Federal Grants, to eliminate the constraint of absence
of such capital.
The Inc. is a non political entity.
Capital contributions will never be considered or rewarded as an incentive to manipulate the
integrity of all Inc. research efforts and activity.
As technology allows it plausible, every attempt shall be made by the Inc. to mask the identity of
all contributors from the research group(s).
Contributions are perceived to be in the interests of any one to better many. All actions will be
exercised in good faith under the Corporate Power to Act defined in IC 23-17-4-4
Article III
The stated Inc. is a Public Benefit Corporation, which has such been organized to for a public
purpose by Indiana Code.
Article IV
The registered agent and office of such agent of the Inc:
John F. Schaefer
2030 North Delaware Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
The registered agent consciously assumes the role of receiving party for the service of process
when necessary, in compliance of Indiana Code 23-17-6-4.
Article V.
The Inc. will have members.
The Inc. will be managed by such members.
The members of the Inc. will formally elect a board to oversee all assumed activities and
responsibilities of accountability of operations.
The board shall be considered delegates of such Inc. as defined by IC 23-17-9-1.
The member elected board shall not exceed 13 individuals
The Board must be an ‘odd number’ for the benefit of a majority in authorization of activities.
6. The member elected board shall conduct meetings no less frequent than one per calendar year.
All members elected board meetings must be invited to attend by all members.
The Board is responsible for documentation of such meetings to ensure compliance and
transparency of operations.
This provision is defined by IC 23-17-9-2 and IC 23-17-27.
All members have one (equal) vote in the formal election of the governing Board.
Voting rights of members are held to IC 23-17-11.
All legal entities may be considered a member and be entitled to all rights outlined as such.
Exception being under IC 23-17-8-3 and all acts deemed unlawful between two entities operating
under such arrangement.
All members present at an annual meeting will be responsible for the facilitating an election of
such managing members.
All meetings of such Inc. are held in compliance of IC 23-17-10.
Members may serve on such board as long as members elect such, regardless of term sequence or
duration.
Terms of such elected members (Board) will be for the period of one year, effective immediately
upon election results.
Resignations shall be permissible as defined in IC 23-17-8-1.
Expulsion of elected board members may be exercised as deemed necessary.
The process of such actions will be no less than measures deemed
necessary by IC 23-17-8-2.
All powers of such Board will be deemed necessary
under provisions of Indiana Code 23-17-4-3
Article VI.
Let it be recorded that the Incorporator of such Inc is:
John F. Schaefer
2030 North Delaware Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
7. Article VII.
The Inc. assumes a perpetual existence as defined in IC 23-17-4-2.
In the event of a Dissolution of Inc. the assets of such Inc. will be liquidated in accordance to
23-17-22-5. Such assets will be liquidated to satisfy all existing liabilities of Inc.
Assets remaining after all liabilities are satisfied shall escheat to the state by the provisions of IC
23-17-30-1.
Article VIII.
The Inc. shall formally adopt a set of bylaws known as The Conversation; as the formal
Constitution of process for the Inc.
The Conversation (bylaws) is a living document and amendments to such will be archived to
preserve the pursuit.
The principles of such bylaws are formulated from values learned in The First Conversation.
The First Conversation
The Observant Man recognized the Honest Man without delay.
The Observant Man had observed many others observing, the ignorant, and the dishonest.
None of those Ones ever proved the Observant Man wrong.
Some retired with an infinite tries of successful 'not wrongs',
while some lost balance and proved the observations assumed by the Observant Man right.
With so much validation of observation,
the Observant Man was confident in the integrity of his observations.
The Honest Man was easily to observe.
With simple words the Honest Man asked, with good intent why hoard your observations?
The Observant Man rebutted that observing too much was blistering to his eyes.
The Honest Man looked puzzled by what he equated as a simple problem.
'If you find yourself blinded by bright, how bright is it" and the Honest Man begins to laugh.
'I enjoy laughing' says the Honest Man.
8. The Observant Man is quick to remark, 'who does not.’
As the Observant Man's focus becomes clear
the Honest Man says, 'isn’t it funny that man can draw a ruler to the moon,
but not a straight line or a perfect circle for that matter' seems comical.
The Observant Man responded with a liberating laugh proclaims with confidence
I am a man of Good intent with an education. The Honest Man says, and what do you see?
Shedding the blisters that emotion created inside, by centering into energy in motion.
The Honest Man laughed asking, 'going to reinvent the wheel'?
the Observant Man replied, no but I'll start drawing a straighter line.
Now with a clear path and a history of observations
the observant man knew how to solve the equation.
The one right answer is the one where everyone wins.
Seeking the perfect balance of compromise and new ideas
So with embracing the unknown
Observant one sought out the exact opposite size/shape hand as his own
to help balance his attempts at a straight line.
The Observant Man searched for others of good intent, like any observant man in motion,
it isn't difficult to discover his name, but surprisingly
the Observant Man had failed to observe the Honest Man's Name.
The Council of Good Intent welcomes the Honest Man by any name,
when pressed why of 'Good Intent' the Observant Man rebutted,
those with ill intent will correlate hate into a science.
Truth can blister those with a strong justification.
No hate will lay claim based on chance.
9. We conserve the principle of seeking the 1 answer.
be protected, upheld, and defended.
Pure intentions receive such accommodations.
Good Intentions are turning into energy in motion,
and the observant man cannot help but notice...that for every new hand, although not the one he
first sought, does seem to find a little more of a straight line drawn.
The Council on Good Intent at every discussion creates an offspring of truth
Never to inherit one's position
Justification runs contrary to discussion, that alone warrants deviant intent.
We are striving for understanding and tolerance.
Coming together. Learning, Loving, and Living.
Creating a Truth that does not exist, the Pershing Wheel.
The Pershing Wheel's emotion will seek objectivity of the study
by the sum of an infinite subjective parts.
That's how such a simply unique problem is solved.
The Ignorant Man wasted in passing, "seems like a lot of effort"
The Observant Man calmly responded, "I have yet to find myself low on emotion".
In witness whereof, the undersigned incorporator of said Corporation execute
this document and verify subject to penalties’ of perjury that the facts contained
herein and true this 20th Day of September, 2007.
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