About United Motorcyclists of Vermont
We are reorganizing. UMV was a political, educational and social organization. We are currently filing the paperwork to become
a non-profit and will need to rewrite our bylaws, charter and mission.
As soon as all the paper work is done and we are officially a 501 non profit organization, we will have a new Website reflecting our new status.
Update: We are a 501 (c) (4).
501(c)(4) organizations are generally civic leagues and other corporations operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, or local associations of employees with membership limited to a designated company or people in a particular municipality or neighborhood, and with net earnings devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes. Unlike 501(c)(3) organizations, 501(c) (4) organizations may lobby for legislation; they may also participate in political campaigns and elections, as long as campaigning is not the organization's primary purpose.
So we can still say "Helmet Laws $uck Money from Vermont!" Because it's the truth, it's not our sole issue and we're not paying anyone else to say it.
We're updating our bylaws now and will publish (warn) them on the Website, in our newsletter and have them available at our next monthly meeting in Orleans on the first Wednesday of September. We will vote to approve the new bylaws at the monthly meeting in Hyde Park on the first Wednesday in October.
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