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MK Bylaws Part One

Part One
Introduction

1.1  References to Articles Any reference herein made to the Articles will be deemed to refer to its Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto as at any given time on file with the North Carolina Secretary of State, together with any and all certificates theretofore filed by the corporation with the North Carolina Secretary of State pursuant to North Carolina law.

1.2  Seniority of Laws, Articles, by-laws, Policies and Resolutions. The governing law relevant to the conduct of this corporation shall be the laws of the United States, laws of the State of North Carolina, the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation, the by-laws of this corporation, and the corporate policies and resolutions that are passed from time to time by the members and directors. If there is any inconsistency between these controlling bodies of law, then any inconsistency is to be resolved in favor of the senior body of law and the junior bodies of law are deemed automatically amended. The officers, directors and members of the corporation shall make every effort to generally amend the junior bodies of law whenever necessary so that inconsistencies will be corrected. However, whether or not these inconsistencies are corrected, the senior body of law will still prevail until such correction is made.The priority of the governing bodies of law are as follows: (a) laws of the United States; (b) laws of the State of North Carolina; (c) Articles of incorporation of this corporation; (d) by-laws of this corporation; (e) policies of this corporation; and (f) resolutions passed by this corporation.

1.3  Policies. In addition to the Articles, by-laws and resolutions, the directors or executive committee may adopt, from time to time, certain "policies.". These policies shall be considered as controlling regulations for the conduct of the corporation and shall be permanent until amended. It is contemplated that the by-laws of this corporation shall contain those permanent legal provisions which are required by statute or some legal and parliamentary custom, are not subject to frequent change and are usually prepared upon the legal advice of a lawyer; whereas policies are adopted by the management of the corporation to conduct the non-legal affairs of the corporation and will not require the presence or concurrence of a lawyer or other professional adviser.

The purpose of setting up a distinction between the by-laws and policies is to reduce the amount of involvement of the attorney in the day-to-day affairs of the corporation and to give the corporation the leeway to adopt policies of all types without creating complex and lengthy documentation which must be reviewed by corporate counsel, the corporate certified public accountant on an audit, or by tax auditors of the government. Wherever possible, the policies of the corporation shall be kept in a separate policy book so as not to confuse them with the by-laws and Articles. Whenever it is apparent to any member, director, officer or adviser that any of the policies are inconsistent with the laws of the United States, laws of the State of North Carolina, Articles of this corporation, or by-laws of this corporation, they shall forthwith be amended.

An up-to-date copy of all policies which have been adopted by the board of directors or executive committee shall be kept by the president and no policy shall be deemed in effect until it has been placed in the policy notebook of the corporation with the signature of the president on the policy and the initials of the president on each page of the policy. The purpose of this signing and initialing requirement is to eliminate any doubt as to which policies are in effect and which policies are not. The effective date of each policy shall be designated at the end of the text of each policy when it has been adopted and should a page of the policy be amended from time to time, the corporation shall place the effective date of the change on that replacement page, indicating the date of the amended page, that it is an amendment, and the signature of the president. Should any person of the corporation desire to ascertain the then existing policies of the corporation, he may contact the president and make copies of the duly signed and initialed policies of the corporation.

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