Military Pagan Network, Inc.

nonstock                Articles of Incorporation                nonprofit

for

Military Pagan Network, Inc

FIRST: The name of this corporation is Military Pagan Network, Inc.

SECOND: Its registered office in the State of Maryland is located at 3136A Normandy Woods Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043. The registered agent in charge thereof is Jennifer Phelps, and is located at the same address.

THIRD: The nature of the business and the objects and purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted, and carried on, are to do any and all the things therein mentioned, as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of thwe world, vis:

This is a nonstock, nonprofit corporation. The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which nonprofit corporations may be organized under the legal codes of Maryland.

Said corporation is organized exclusively for religious, charitable, and educational purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Service Law), to wit:

The corporation will have as its goals the providing of religion oriented information, as described in the bylaws, to military personnel and their dependents regardless if they are active duty, reserve, guard, separated, retired or deceased, and by extension, provide military and government agencies with said information. The corporation shall also provide information regarding the handling of religious discrimination and harrassment. In furtherance of these goals, the corporation will maintain an electronic and paper file data base of religious groups, stores, bulletin board systems, and members, as well as letters, regulations, directives, forms, and periodicals pertaining to religion as described in the by laws. The corporation will also publish a directory of members and other literature in furtherance of these goals.

FOURTH: The corporation shall not have any capital stock and the conditions of membership shall be stated in the Bylaws.

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is:

John Machate, 3136A Normandy Woods Dr. Ellicott City, Maryland 21043

SIXTH: The powers of the incorporator are to terminate upon filing of the certificate of incorporation, and the names and mailing addresses of the persons who are to serve as directors until their successors are elected are as follows:

John Machate, 3136A Normandy Woods Drive, Ellicott City, Maryland 21043

SEVENTH: The activites and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitue the whole Board shall be such as from time to time shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws, but in no case shall the number be less than one. The directors are required to be members of the corporation as stated in the Bylaws. The Board of Directors shall be elected by the members at the annual meeting of the corporation to be held on such date as the Bylaws provide, and shall hold office until their successors are respectively elected and qualified. The Bylaws shall specify the number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the Bylaws of this corporation. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by the majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions or in the Bylaws of the corporation, shall have and may excercise all the powers of the Board of Directors in the managment and affairs of the corporation.. This corporation may in its Bylaws confer powers upon its Board in addition to the foregoing, and in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon them by the Statute.

EIGHTH: No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit, or be distributed to, its members, directors, officers, or other private persons, except that the corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article Three hereof. No part of the activities of the corporation shall consist of the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any of these articles, the corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from Federal Income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law) or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Revenue Law).

NINTH: Upon the dissolution of the corporation, the Board of Directors shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all of the liabilities of the corporation, dispose of all assets of the corporation exclusively for the purpose of the corporation in such manner, or to such organization or organizations and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Law) as the Board of Directors shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the Court 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 designated purposes.

TENTH: The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed in the Statutes, and all rights conferred upon members herein are granted subject to their reservation.

ELEVENTH: Directors of the corporation shall not be liable to either the corporation or its members for monetary damages of a breach of fiduciary duties unless the breach involves: (1) a director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its members; (2) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (3) a transaction from which the director derived as improper personal benefit.

I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, over the age of 18, for the purpose of forming a non-profit corporation do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of August A.D. 1997.

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