By Laws

National Association of Purchasing Management St. Louis, Inc.&

Affiliated with the
Institute of Supply Management, Inc.
Adopted: May, 1956 - Amended: March, 1976;
May, 1985; May, 1988; May, 1990; October, 1991;
January, 1995; March 1999; June 1999; September 2002; January 2003 and April 2006.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

TO: The Secretary of the State of Missouri Jefferson City, Missouri .

We the undersigned, George S. Forbes, James J. Ritterskamp, Jr., and Robert H. Sperreng, being natural persons of the age of twenty-one years (21) or more and citizens of the United States and residents of the State of Missouri, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the "General Not For Profit Corporation Act" of the State of Missouri, do hereby adopt the following
Articles of Incorporation:

1. The name of the Corporation is: Purchasing Management Association of St. Louis, Inc.

2. The duration of the corporation is perpetual.

3. The address of its initial registered office in the State of Missouri is 315 North Twelfth Boulevard, within the City of St. Louis, Missouri and the name of its initial registered agent at said address is Robert H. Sperreng.

4. The first Board of Directors shall be known as the "Executive Committee" and the first Executive Committee shall be nine (9) in number and the number constituting the Executive Committee may be changed by amendment of the By-Laws from time to time as the membership shall decide. The names and addresses of the first Board of Directors are as
follows:

Mr. Earl B. Boub, c/o Star Manufacturing Co.,
6300 St. Louis, Ave., St. Louis, MO
Mr. Frank J. Jost, c/o McQuay-Norris Mfg., Co.,
3838 Market St., St., Louis, MO
Mr. Wm. M. Bridwell, c/o General Steel Castings
Corp., 1417 State St., Granite City, IL
Mr. J.M. Taylor, c/o Gruendler Crusher & Pulverizer Co.
2915 N. Market, St. Louis, MO
Mr. J.J. Staed, c/o McCabe-Powers Auto Body Co.,
5900 N. Broadway, St. Louis, MO
Mr. J.J. Ritterskamp, Jr., c/o Washington University,
Skinker & Lindell, St. Louis, MO
Mr. M. W. Cox, c/o Wagner Electric Corp.,

6400 Plymouth Ave., St. Louis, MO
Mr. H.O. Donnohue, c/o A.B. Chance Co.,
210 N. Allen St., Centralia, MO
Mr. N.F. Slay, c/o Key Company,
P.O. Box 494, East St. Louis, IL

5. The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are: to foster and promote interaction and cooperation among its members; to develop and apply more efficient purchasing methods and practices; to collect and disseminate information of benefit to its members regarding fundamental marketing, producing, and manufacturing practices, various products and their uses, and sources of supply and distribution, to correct trade abuses, to encourage the institution of courses in school and colleges for the practical training of Purchasing Agents; and to strive by all legitimate means to advance the purchasing
profession.

6. Membership:

(a) Membership in the Association shall be open to any person of good moral character, personal habits and respectability who performs the usual and customary duties of a purchasing agent, assistant agent, buyer or manager of a Purchasing Department, or of an editor, secretary or business manager employed by the Association, or of a teacher of a
purchasing course at a college or university.

(b) Applicants possessing the qualifications in paragraph (a) who reside more than fifty miles from an association affiliated with the National Association of Purchasing Management may be elected to non-resident membership.(c) In recognition of distinguished or unusual service to the Association, the Association may confer honorary membership upon individuals. Such honorary members shall not be entitled to vote or hold office and shall be exempt from the payment of all fees and dues.
Applications for membership shall be processed as provided in the By-Laws.

NOTE:

The foregoing "Articles of Incorporation" appear as originally adopted in May, 1956 and revised in accordance with an amendment filed on July 18, 1968, with the Secretary of State, State of Missouri, changing the name to "Purchasing Management Association of St. Louis" and revised in accordance with an amendment filed on February 11, 1992, with the Secretary of State, State of Missouri, changing the name to "NAPM - St. Louis, Inc."

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