Resolved, That the 75th General Convention hereby:
- Authorize and direct the Board of the Archives and the Archives Strategy
Committee heretofore established by Executive Council, as the same may from
time to time be comprised, to investigate, evaluate and adopt a plan, with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, to relocate the Archives of The
Episcopal Church to a site within the United States appropriate to and which
will be adequate for the present and future needs of the Archives of this
Church, as contemplated by Canon I.5., and those using the resources of the
Archives to be completed on or before January 1, 2010;
- Authorize the Board of the Archives and the said Archives Strategy
Committee, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to commence a
fund-raising case and campaign for the costs of planning, construction,
relocation and endowment of an archives facility for The Episcopal Church;
and
- Authorize the Board of the Archives, upon the advice and consent of
Executive Council, to incorporate under the State of New York Not-for-Profit
Corporation Law and to seek 501(c)(3) recognition under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended; provided, however, that the Articles of Incorporation
shall include a dissolution provision conforming with the laws of the State of
New York and the Internal Revenue Code that upon dissolution, extinction or the
winding up of its affairs, all assets and property of said corporation would be
assigned, transferred and paid over to or for the benefit of the Domestic and
Foreign Missionary Society.
