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GEN INFORMATION
Follow these steps to "Join the GEN":
The process isn't complicated. It's just a matter of filling out some forms, and maybe filing them with your state. Remember this protects you and the other events!
Step One: Pick a name
Step Two: Get an Employer Identification Number
Apply by phone: Fill out this form before calling.
Click here for the answers you will need for the SS-4 Form.
Click here for the IRS instructions, if you still need them after reading the "answers" above.
Keep in mind:
Step Three: Pick Directors
You need at least two Directors: one President, one Secretary/Treasurer. Your state might require more than two if you are incorporating (so check your state Secretary of State website!). You can have three or more, and you can divide the Secretary and Treasurer offices. Each Director should be an LC.
Step Four: Form your Chapter
Forming a Chapter simply requires completing, and possibly filing with the state, some paperwork, and then acting like an organization by holding meetings, maintaining a bank account, etc. You can be a corporation or an unincorporated association.
If you choose Corporation, your Directors must copy the text of this document into a new Word document, fill it in and edit as necessary, add certain provisions if your state requires you to do so, sign, and file with the State Secretary of State or Department of Corporations with the required fee. Then send a copy to the National President. (You MUST file it with the State for it to be valid. If you do not want to file anything with the state, form an Unincorporated Association instead.)
If you choose Unincorporated Association, your Directors must must copy the text of this document into a new Word document, fill it in and edit as necessary, sign, and send a copy to the National President. You might also be able to file it with your State Secretary of State
Step Five: Join the "Group Exemption"
President:
Brian Ewing
4901 Alcove Ave.
Valley Village, CA 91607