Articles of Incorporation
of the
International Aroid Society, Inc.

A PDF file of the Articles of Incorporation is available here.

                  The Undersigned subscribers to these Articles of Incorporation, each a natural person competent to contract, hereby associate themselves together to form a corporation not for profit under Chapter 617 of the Florida Statutes.  

ARTICLE I.

The name of the corporation is                                                

INTERNATIONAL AROID SOCIETY INC.                                                                 

ARTICLE II.

                   The purpose for which this corporation is organized is: To study aroids and to stimulate interest in these plants.  

ARTICLE III.

                   The qualification of members and manner of their admission is. Membership in this corporation shall be open to any person interested in its objectives; application for membership shall be accompanied by payment of annual dues; application for membership shall be subject to approval by the majority of the Board of Directors.  

ARTICLE IV.

                   The term of existence of this corporation shall be perpetual, or until said corporation is dissolved by due process of law.

                                           This instrument was prepared by

                                           The Registered Agent

                                           Bette Waterbury, President

                                           15155 S.W. 72nd Ct. , Miami , Fla.  

ARTICLE V.

             The names and residences of the subscribers of this corporation are:  

       BETTE WATERBURY               15155 S.W. 72nd Ct. , Miami , Fla.

       E. ALLEN FERNANDEZ           6834 S.W. 78th Terr., Miami , Fla.

       JOHN FAUST                             7801 S.W. 48th Ct. , Miami , Fla.

       SHIRLEY CRETE                        7241 S.W. 120th St. , Miami , Fla.

       MARILYN TURNER                  11111 S.W. 77th Ave., Miami , Fla.

       PATRICIA FRANK                    4895 N. Kendall Dr. , Miami , Fla.

       RON WEEKS                               11840 S.W. 47th St. , Miami , Fla.  

ARTICLE VI.

             The affairs of the corporation are to be managed by a Board of Directors who shall be elected at a general election annually, by the members, pursuant to the By-Laws hereof, at the November general meeting annually. The Board of Directors shall be composed of fifteen members.                           

ARTICLE VII.

             The names and addresses of the officers who are to serve until the first election are:

   

 President:                      Bette Waterbury   15155 S.W. 72nd Ct.        Miami , Fla. 33138

 Vice-President:             E. Allen Fernandez  6834 S.W. 78th Terr      Miami , Fla. 33143

 Recording  Secretary:      Shirley Crete      7241 S.W. 120th St.         Miami , Fla. 33156

 Corresponding Secretary: Marilyn Turner 11111 S.W. 77th Ave.     Miami , Fla. 33156   

 Treasurer:                       John Faust            7801 S.W. 48th Ct.           Miami , Fla. 33143  

ARTICLE VIII.

 The number of persons constituting the first Board of Directors is fifteen. The names and addresses of the persons  who are to serve as Directors until the first election thereof, are:  

        BETTE WATERBURY         15155 S.W. 72nd Ct. , Miami , Fla 33158

        E. ALLEN FERNANDEZ     6834 S.W. 78th Terr., Miami , Fla. 33143

        JOHN FAUST                       7801 S.W. 48th Ct. , Miami , Fla. 33143

        SHIRLEY CRETE                  7241 S.W. 120th St. , Miami , Fla. 33156

        MARILYN TURNER            11111 S.W. 77th Ave. Miami , F1a. 33156

        PATRICIA FRANK              4895 N. Kendall Dr., Miami , Fla. 33156

        RON WEEKS                        11840 S.W. 47th St. , Miami , Fla. 33175

        PEGGY FISHER                   6721 S.W. 64th Ct. , Miami Fla. 33143

        GARY ANTOSH                   12505 S.W. 216th St. , Miami , Fla. 33177

        PAT MATTHEWS                12305 S.W. 40th St. , Miami , Fla. 33175

        JACK KEARNS                     29100 S.W. 162nd Ave., Miami , Fla. 33030

        JOAN HACKLER                 164 Lenape Dr. , Miami Springs , Fla. , 33166

        BOB SEE                               4081 Woodridge Rd. , Coconut Grove , Fla. , 33133

        BILL HEMMER                    4500 S.W. 64th Ct. , Miami , Fla. , 33155

        TRUDY FAUST                    7801 S.W. 48th Ct. , Miami , Fla. , 33143  

ARTICLE IX.

                  The By-Laws of this corporation are to be made , altered or rescinded by the Board of Directors with a simple majority vote of the members of the Board. Modified 9/21/2002 (Formerly Read: The By-Laws or this corporation are to be made, altered or rescinded by the Board of Directors of this corporation, subject to approval by the membership at the next succeeding monthly meeting).  

ARTICLE X.

              These Articles of Incorporation may be amended by a majority vote or the Board of Directors of this Corporation. Amendments to these Articles of Incorporation may be proposed by the Board or Directors upon the approval of a majority of the members in good standing of this corporation, at a regular membership meeting.                                

        STATE OF FLORIDA
        COUNTY OF DADE  

                    I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day personally appeared before me, an officer duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments BETTE WATERBURY, E. ALLEN FERNANDEZ JOHN FAUST, SHIRLEY CRETE, MARILYN TURNER, PATRICIA FRANK, and RON WEEKS, to me well known to be the persons described in and who signed the foregoing ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION bf INTERNATIONAL AROID SOCIETY, INC., and acknowledged before me that they executed the same freely and voluntarily for the purposes therein expressed.  

 WITNESS my hand and official seal at Miami , Dade County , Florida , this 29 day of Sept, 1978.