COMSEC Incorporation

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                    ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 

            COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY ASSOCIATION, INC. 
                           (MARYLAND) 

 

FIRST:	The undersigned, James A. Ross, a citizen of the 
United States of America, whose post office address is 7906 
Hope Valley Court, Adamstown, Maryland 21710, being at least 
eighteen (18) years of age, does hereby form a Non-Profit 
Corporation under the general laws of the state of Maryland. 

SECOND:	The Name of the Corporation is: 

            COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY ASSOCIATION, INC. 

THIRD:	The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are: 

A.	Creation of a membership organization to collect 
information and do scientific research in analog and digital 
electronics especially as related to communications, 
information and computer security. 

B.  	Educational activities related to these fields. 

FOURTH:	The post office address of the principal office of 
the Corporation in Maryland is PO Box 7069, Gaithersburg, MD  
20898.  The name and post office address of the resident agent 
in maryland is Michael Brumbaugh, PO Box 7069, Gaithersburg, 
MD  20898. 

FIFTH:	The Corporation shall not be authorized to issue 
capital stock. 

SIXTH:  	The number of directors of the Corporation shall be 
three (3), which number may be increased or decreased pursuant 
to the by-laws of the Corporation, and the names of the 
directors who shall act until the first meeting or until their 
successors are duly chosen and qualified are James A. Ross and 
Kenneth R. Taylor. 

SEVENTH:	The following provisions are hereby adopted for the 
purpose of defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the 
Corporation and of the directors and members: 

A.	The Corporation is organized exclusively for educational 
and scientific 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, or the corresponding section of any future 
federal tax code.B.Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of 
Trustees shall, after paying or making provision for the 
payment of all of the liabilities of the Corporation, dispose 
of all of 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, educational, religious, or 
scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt 
organization or organizations under Section 501 (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. 

C.	No part of the earnings of the Corporation shall inure to 
the benefit of, or be distributed to, its members, trustees, 
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 Third hereof.  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 
(including the publishing or distribution of statements) any 
political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public 
office.  Notwithstanding any other provision 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 later United States 
Internal Revenue Law). 

EIGHTH:	The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual. 

IN WITNESS THEREOF I have signed these Articles of 
Incorporation on 5-29-86, and acknowledge the same to be my 
act. 

 
(Signed)  James A. Ross