Section 1: Introduction to United Societies in Space (USIS) -
UNITED SOCIETIES IN SPACE, INC.
A Colorado Non-Profit Corporation
And
Affiliated, Related, and Recommended Friends
INTRODUCTION
UNITED SOCIETIES IN SPACE, INC. (USIS) , is a Colorado non-profit corporation formed on August
4, 1994, at a conference in Cuchara, Colorado, (Cuchara is Indian for SPOON,
the most open container), by Russians and Americans led by Oleg Alifanov,
Ph.D., of the Moscow Aviation Institute, and Declan J. O'Donnell, a
Colorado attorney at law.
MISSION. Briefly, the mission of USIS and affiliates is to help create a
space faring society during our lifetime. We focus on the space policy
problems, legal matters, and societal concerns. Our style is to supplement the
U.N. International Treaty Regime with functional entities where appropriate
people can assemble, work, and actually execute an effort for the benefit of
Humankind and its settlers in outer space.
CONCEPT. Impressed on our mission is the “common law” development for
750 years. This experience of legal importance commenced in England during the
dark ages, circa 1200 a.d.
It was citizen-oriented; ran parallel to the established King’s Court of Law;
relied on the Church Court; and required as its first principle that “no remedy
at law” was available to the citizen (in the King’s Court). The second
legal principle was that the remedy requested must be “equitable” to all
concerned. The kings and queens of England permitted this commoner’s regime to
flourish by not objecting. Eventually, circa 1600 a.d., the Queen’s Bench merged the
common law into its structure calling it the “Court of Equity.”
We analogize the recognized and established regimes of the
U.N. and its space faring member nations as the kings and queens of space. How
we relate to this circumstance philosophically is detailed under HOW. Also,
see WHY.
These documents can assist you in understanding United Societies in Space, Inc.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF USIS.
Click for CONSTITUTION OF THE REGENCY OF UNITED SOCIETIES IN SPACE.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF LEDA (Lunar Economic Development Authority)
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SODA (Space Orbital Development Authority)
MISSION STATEMENT
WHAT IS USIS
CORPORATION. United Societies in Space, Inc. is a Colorado non-profit
corporation filed on August 12, 1993, with its formation dating to the first
formal meeting of the original board on August 4, 1994, in Cuchara, Colorado.
TAX ASPECTS. Effective by an IRS letter dated February 1995, the
corporation was determined to be “exempt under section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) and would be
treated as a publicly supported organization and not as a private foundation
during your advance ruling period.”
This advance ruling period ended on September 3, 1997.
Pursuant to re-examination of tax returns and information provided to the
Service on form 8734, the “Public Charity” status was granted on a permanent
basis, (rather than the private foundation status). This was based on a finding
that USIS qualified for the highest possible exemption under IRC sections
170(b)(1)(A)(vi) and/or 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2).
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. The current Board of Directors and
Officers are listed under WHO, the address book. The original board of
directors included 12 persons, 7 of whom were lawyers or paralegal
professionals. The first Board who attended the first organizational meeting in
Cuchara, Colorado, included Declan J. O'Donnell, Dr. Henry Cheung, Dr.
Philip R. Harris, Mr. John K. Reynolds, Mrs. Jeri Mercer-Fike, Mr. Robert P.
Kuntz, and Mr. Jerry Dickenson. The Board of Directors is self-perpetuating
in actual practice although the O’Donnell law firm on behalf of the World Space
Bar Association, Inc., has a supervisory role as described below.
An advisory committee was constituted under Article VI, par.
(b), of the Corporate Charter. Attorney George S. Robinson III was the
first President of this COUNCIL OF REGENTS. Original members included Josh
Abend, Oleg Alifanov, Larry Bell, Bruce Cordell, Frank P. Davidson, Jonathan E.
Ericson, Marsha Freeman, Nathan Goldman, Albert A. Harrison, Stewart W.
Johnson, Beatrice Lacoste, Charles Lauer, Scott F. March, Ivan Pavlovets, Jesus
Raygoza B., Marshall Savage, Willy Z. Sadeh, Michael Simon, John S. Spencer,
Harold M. White, Stewart B. Whitney, Kathleen Woody, Robert A. Wyckoff, and
Robert Zubrin.
PURPOSES. The Corporate Charter recites in part that the purpose shall
include “the promotion of outer space as a place to live and work as a society
of peoples and to help create a basis for governance of societies in outer
space and to educate people on the benefits and burdens attendant upon
migrating into space as a society.”
SUPERVISION. This movement began as a project of the World Bar Association (now known as the WORLD SPACE BAR ASSOCIATION). It exerts oversight at Article V, par. (a), of the Corporate Charter where a class of membership known as Humankind votes for the
Board of Directors of USIS. All of these shares are kept in trust by the
O’Donnell law firm as the managing agent of this bar association. It acts only
as a veto power in case the purpose of the corporation is frustrated, except in
one important particular, as follow:
“at the appropriate time and not later than creation of
the meta nation, this Trustee shall assign said trust to a proper International
or United Nations Instrumentality to hold for Humankind permanently, under the
new nation’s constitution.”
Ten billion shares of membership were in fact issued to the
O’Donnell professional corporation as manager of the World Space Bar
Association. It will endeavor to perform this charter requirement when the
Regency of United Societies in Space (ROUSIS) dissolves itself into the meta
nation, i.e. a true government of space settlers in the territory of space.
This metamorphosis is foreseen as likely by 2101 a.d., 100 years from inception of The Regency. It would be
constituted by settlers aloft, on the Moon, in orbit, and at Mars.
CORPORATE BYLAWS. Highlights from the standing bylaws of USIS provide as
follows: AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE is authorized to handle interim board matters.
It consists of the president, vice president, and two board members. ANNUAL
MEETINGS are to be called with notice to the Board and other interested
parties. All meetings are to be open to the public. We usually have these on
August 4 every year in Denver, Colorado. ELECTIONS to fill a vacancy are by
majority vote of the remaining Board Members. Terms are for four years.
Nominations are made by any Board Member or Regent. All of those elected to
date first served on the Regency Advisory Committee.
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