From: Kenneth Fair Date: April 22, 2005 7:46:43 AM CDT To: Wesley Elsberry , John Wilkins -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 THE TALKORIGINS FOUNDATION, INC. A Texas Nonprofit Corporation SECRETARY'S REPORT April 22, 2005 The primary focus of this report concerns the incorporation and setup of the Foundation. The Foundation received notice from the State of Texas that it was incorporated as a Texas nonprofit corporation on April 26, 2004. The initial directors (Wesley Elsberry, John Wilkins, and Kenneth Fair) then signed an organizing resolution in lieu of an initial meeting. The organizational resolution adopted the bylaws, appointed officers, and organized the Foundation. The articles of incorporation, organizational resolution, and bylaws are posted on the Foundation web site (http://www.talkorigins.org/foundation). The Internal Revenue Service was then contacted to seek exemption from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as a scientific and educational organization. This resulted in a substantial delay in conducting Foundation business, as the IRS did not respond to the exemption request until January 2005. The IRS then, on repeated occasions, sought additional information regarding the Foundation's structure and business, which was provided. Finally, in March 2005, the IRS granted the Foundation tax-exempt status. This status runs from January 1, 2005, and is provisional, which simply means that the Foundation must fill out the form the IRS will send in a few years to report on the Foundation, so as to confirm that its activities are tax-exempt. The correspondence with the IRS will be posted on the Foundation web site shortly as soon as I have a chance to scan it all in. The only other issue for the Secretary to report on is the election of directors and officers, which is on the agenda for the annual meeting. The directors are elected on a rotating basis, with one of the three directors requiring election each year. The term for Kenneth Fair is expiring this year, and a director must be elected by the other two directors to fill this seat. Once that has been done, the officers for the Foundation must be appointed for the forthcoming year. /s/ Kenneth J. Fair Secretary, TalkOrigins Foundation PGP Key ID: 0x046617D6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.2 - not licensed for commercial use: www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQmjkBjz5KF0EZhfWEQKguQCgkh6DjitgJ5kD9EknRXSbNPIXRwIAn2xz MtnsOZV5X58OPocRNiUB32D4 =61/P -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----