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The undersigned, as incorporator, whom is a citizen of the United States of America, desiring to form a Non-Profit Corporation under the Non-Profit Corporation Laws of the State of Oregon, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation, and do hereby certify:

The undersigned, as incorporator, whom is a citizen of the United States of America, desiring to form a Non-Profit Corporation under the Non-Profit Corporation Laws of the State of Oregon, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation, and do hereby certify:

=== ARTICLE I ===

=== ARTICLE I: Name ===

The name of the Corporation shall be: “SME SERVER FOUNDATION, INC”

The name of the Corporation shall be: “SME SERVER FOUNDATION, INC”

===ARTICLE II===  

===ARTICLE II: Duration===  

The Corporation shall be of perpetual duration.

The Corporation shall be of perpetual duration.

===ARTICLE III===  

===ARTICLE III: Non-Profit===  

The Corporation shall be a non-profit corporation.

The Corporation shall be a non-profit corporation.

===ARTICLE IV===

===ARTICLE IV: Purpose===

The corporation is organized exclusively for Charitable, Educational, and Scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now enacted or hereafter amended, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that also qualify as Section 501(c)(3) exempt organizations.  

The corporation is organized exclusively for Charitable, Educational, and Scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now enacted or hereafter amended, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that also qualify as Section 501(c)(3) exempt organizations.  

To this end, the corporation shall foster the creation, distribution, and maintenance of a free integrated, all-in-one server operating system with bundled applications designed for homes, small businesses, and medium-size businesses, licensed under the GNU General Public License. The server operating system will be focused on simplicity, stability and security, designed to be operated by people with no technical background, while providing a platform for technical users to extend.

To this end, the corporation shall foster the creation, distribution, and maintenance of a free integrated, all-in-one server operating system with bundled applications designed for homes, small businesses, and medium-size businesses, licensed under the GNU General Public License. The server operating system will be focused on simplicity, stability and security, designed to be operated by people with no technical background, while providing a platform for technical users to extend.

===ARTICLE V===   

===ARTICLE V: Governance===   

Regulation of the internal affairs of the Corporation shall be provided in the corporate Bylaws.

Regulation of the internal affairs of the Corporation shall be provided in the corporate Bylaws.

===ARTICLE VI===   

===ARTICLE VI: Board of Directors===   

The corporation shall have no voting members. The management and affairs of the corporation shall be at all times under the direction of a Board of Directors, whose operations in governing the corporation shall be defined by statute and by the corporation's Bylaws.  No Director shall have any right, title, or interest in or to any property of the corporation.

The corporation shall have no voting members. The management and affairs of the corporation shall be at all times under the direction of a Board of Directors, whose operations in governing the corporation shall be defined by statute and by the corporation's Bylaws.  No Director shall have any right, title, or interest in or to any property of the corporation.

The members of the Board of Directors shall be those individuals elected, from time to time, in accordance with the Bylaws.  Directors shall elect their successors.

The members of the Board of Directors shall be those individuals elected, from time to time, in accordance with the Bylaws.  Directors shall elect their successors.

===ARTICLE VII===   

===ARTICLE VII:  Office===   

The place in this state where the principal office of the Corporation is to be located is the City of Salem, County of Marion, State of Oregon.  

The place in this state where the principal office of the Corporation is to be located is the City of Salem, County of Marion, State of Oregon.  

===ARTICLE VIII===  

 

===ARTICLE VIII:  Limitations===  

At all times the following shall operate as conditions restricting the operations and activities of the corporation:

At all times the following shall operate as conditions restricting the operations and activities of the corporation:

8.4. The corporation shall not lend any of its assets to any officer or director of this corporation unless such loan program is regularly conducted as part of the activities of the organization and the qualification of the individual to participate in same is determined by a panel comprised solely of non-Board members or guarantee to any person the payment of a loan by an officer or director of this corporation.

8.4. The corporation shall not lend any of its assets to any officer or director of this corporation unless such loan program is regularly conducted as part of the activities of the organization and the qualification of the individual to participate in same is determined by a panel comprised solely of non-Board members or guarantee to any person the payment of a loan by an officer or director of this corporation.

===ARTICLE  IV===   

===ARTICLE  IV: Incorporator===   

The incorporator is Greg J. Zartman whose address is 4425 Calumet Way, Eugene, Oregon 97404.  

The incorporator is Greg J. Zartman whose address is 4425 Calumet Way, Eugene, Oregon 97404.  

===ARTICLE X=== 

===ARTICLE X: Registered Agent===   

 

 

===ARTICLE XI===   

The initial registered agent is Greg J. Zartman whose address is 4425 Calumet Way, Eugene, Oregon 97404.

The initial registered agent is Greg J. Zartman whose address is 4425 Calumet Way, Eugene, Oregon 97404.

===ARTICLE XII===   

===ARTICLE XI:  Dissolution===   

Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.  Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the principal office of the Corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.

Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.  Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the principal office of the Corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.