Section 8-B900. STANDARDS FOR RECOGNITION OF A PETITIONING ALUMNI ORGANIZATION

 

900.1No organization of alumni of the University of the District of Columbia (or its predecessor institutions) and/or other persons may use the name of the University of the District of Columbia in its name or in connection with its activities without first obtaining formal recognition of the Board of Trustees of the University and its express approval of such use of the name and logos or other insignia of the University.

 

900.2Any organization of alumni of the University of the District of Columbia applying for such recognition and authorization shall incorporate itself pursuant to applicable District of Columbia laws for not for profit corporations, exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, and qualify for, attain and maintain 501(c)(3) status with the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

900.3Subject to the limitations of subsection 901.2, one express and explicit purpose of the organization shall be to undertake, promote, develop and conduct an educational program, including historical research exclusively of an educational character, about the University of the District of Columbia and its predecessor institutions.

 

900.4It shall be an express purpose of the organization to perpetuate the history and memories of the University of the District of Columbia and its predecessor institutions, to encourage and assist the growth and development of the University.

 

900.5It shall be an express and primary purpose of the organization to conduct fund-raising activities which shall inure to the benefit of the University of the District of Columbia, including developing a budget and funding its operations conducted in the University's Office of Alumni Affairs, other than the salary of the director of alumni affairs and the utilities. The University shall bear the expense of the salary of the Director of Alumni Affairs, standard office equipment, and utilities for the operations of the recognized organization from the UDC campus.

 

900.6As provided by D.C. Code § 29-301.05 (2001 ed.), the organization may empower itself to accept by gift, devise, bequest or otherwise real and personal property of every kind and description; to purchase, hold, invest, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the principal and income of the funds and property of the organization; and to enter into, make, perform and fulfill contracts of every kind or nature for any of the purposes of the organization; and to have an office at the University of the District of Columbia afforded by the University and directed by the University's director of alumni affairs and to have such other offices outside the District of Columbia as it becomes feasible to organize under its control and at its sole expense, but which shall coordinate with the University's director of alumni affairs; and to exercise all or any of the powers and operations of a corporation. Unless it is an University-established and owned organization, the organization shall hold the University Board of Trustees harmless for any of its acts or activities and those of its chapters or other affiliates.

 

900.7The organization may affiliate chapters of qualifying members throughout the United States and the world, provided those entities are educational and charitable organizations which have qualified for exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and of corresponding provisions of other revenue acts as may from time to time be enacted or amended in conducting the operations of the organization and provided further that the organization and operation of such chapters are consistent with the requirements for organization and operation of the recognized organization.

 

900.8The organization shall not engage in any activity that is not educational or charitable within the intention of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

 

900.9The records of the finances and activities of the organization, and any affiliate shall always be open to the University and its auditors.

 

900.10The organization initially shall be governed by a Board of Directors of not less than eleven persons and shall include four Trustees of the University specified herein and the University's director of alumni affairs, all of whom shall join the organization. Alumni Trustees and the fourth Trustee of the University appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall be voting members of the Board of Directors. The University's director of alumni affairs shall be an ex officio voting member of the Board of Directors.

 

900.11The organization shall maintain adequate Directors and Officers' Liability Insurance for its Board members and officers. The treasurer shall be bonded in an amount adequate to protect the assets of the organization.

 

900.12The principal office of the organization shall be at the University of the District of Columbia and its mailing address shall be c/o The University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20008. The office will be provided by and maintained by the University and shall be staffed by the University's director of alumni affairs.

 

900.13Consistent with applicable D.C. not-for-profit corporation law, the organization shall be authorized to make, alter or repeal its By-Laws, but only by two-thirds of the votes cast by the membership at any regular or special meeting of the membership and only so long as the By-Laws are made and continued to be consistent with the requirements of this chapter. Bylaw changes must be submitted to the UDC Board of Trustees within thirty days of their adoption by the membership.

 

900.14In the event of dissolution or termination of the organization, or withdrawal from it of the recognition conferred by the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, which may be done at anytime but shall not be done without just cause, title to and possession of all property of the organization shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all liabilities and obligations of the organization and for the necessary expenses thereof, pass forthwith to the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia.

 

900.15The organization shall adhere in all its operations and activities, wherever occurring, to the District of Columbia Human Rights Act in spirit and reality.

 

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Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 775 (January 16, 2004).