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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION Pursuant to the
provisions of the Nebraska Non-Profit Corporation Act, the Articles of
Incorporation of the ARTICLE I The name of the Corporation is Great Plains Regional Volleyball Association. ARTICLE II The period of duration of the Corporation is perpetual. ARTICLE III The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes within the meaning of section 510(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and the purpose for which this Corporation is organized is to foster national and international amateur volleyball competition. In furtherance of this main purpose, the following sub-purposes are set forth: (a) To teach the sport of volleyball to children and adults by holding clinics conducted by qualified instructors in schools, playgrounds and parks; (b) To provide practice volleyball sessions, classroom lectures, seminars and panel discussions through which selected trainees may be schooled in competitive coaching, playing, officiating and scouting techniques; (c) To foster and conduct area, regional, state and national amateur volleyball competitions; (d) To act as the official representative of the United States Volleyball Association within an area designated as the Great Plains Region; (e) To select and train suitable candidates in the techniques of volleyball in national and international competition and thereby improve the caliber of candidates representing the United States in Olympic, Pan American and World Games competitions; (f) To foster and conduct amateur volleyball programs between the United States and foreign nations for the exchange and training of suitable candidates in the techniques and practices of volleyball in countries other than their own. ARTICLE IV This Corporation is organized under and pursuant to the general Nonprofit Corporation Act of the State of Nebraska and this Corporation shall have all powers described in said Act, including the power to receive and hold money or other property for any of the purposes of the Corporation from whatever source derived and shall also have the power to borrow money and to mortgage and pledge real or personal property as security therefore and to use, borrow or expend the funds and property of the Corporation and to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted by law. ARTICLE V The Corporation shall have no capital stock nor stockholders, and shall declare no dividends. No part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit on any member, director, officer of the Corporation, or any private individual thereof (except that reasonable compensation may be paid for services rendered to or for the Corporation affecting one or more of its purposes), and no director, officer of the Corporation or any private individual shall be entitled to share in the distribution of any of the corporate assets on dissolution of the Corporation. No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. ARTICLE VI Notwithstanding any other provisions 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 Internal Revenue Law). ARTICLE VII Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of Trustees shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all of the liabilities of the Corporation, dispose of all the assets of the Corporation exclusively for the purposes of the Corporation in such manner, or to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, education religious, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under section 510(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law), as the Board of Trustees shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the Court of Common Pleas 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. ARTICLE VIII The street address of the registered office of the Corporation is RFD 13, Lincoln, Nebraska 68527 and the name of its registered agent at such address is Marge Davenport. ARTICLE IX The affairs of the Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Directors. The names and street addresses of the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation are: Name
Street Address Donald R. Grant 508 Skyline Dr., Lincoln, NE 68506 Cynthia L. Herdt 1707 S. 6th St., Lincoln, NE 68502
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