Membership Information
Contents:
Introduction
ACI Presidents
Brief History
ACI Charter
ACI Bylaws
ACI Committees
ACI Chapters
Awards
Membership
Honorary Members
ACI Fellows
ACI Charter
The original charter, recorded Dec. 20, 1906, in the District of Columbia, was granted to the National Association of Cement Users. An amended Certificate of Incorporation, authorized by the Board of Direction May 29, 1913, and recorded July 2, 1913 in the office of the Register of Deeds of the District of Columbia, changed the name of the organization to American Concrete Institute. On Aug. 8, 1945, ACI effected reincorporation with a new statement of objectives.
With the approval given at the May 15, 1964, membership meeting of the Institute, the Board of Direction adopted a resolution Nov. 11, 1964, to merge with the American Concrete Institute of Michigan for the purpose of applying for a real estate tax exemption. This action was ratified at a membership meeting Dec. 11, 1964. An Agreement of Merger was filed with the Michigan Corporation and Securities Commission Dec. 22, 1964, merging American Concrete Institute, District of Columbia nonprofit corporation, with and into American Concrete Institute of Michigan, a Michigan nonprofit corporation, leaving the Michigan corporation the survivor as the American Concrete Institute.
The purpose of the Institute, as stated in the Articles of Incorporation, Article II, is
To organize the efforts of its members for a nonprofit public service in gathering, correlating and disseminating information for the improvement of the design, construction, manufacture, use and maintenance of concrete products and structures. It is the intention and purpose of the members of this corporation that the corporation shall be and remain exempt from all forms of taxation and that contributions to the corporation shall at all times be deductible by the contributor for purposes of federal income tax. The powers of the members and the directors are therefore restricted to those powers compatible with the accomplishment of the above purposes. This corporation is accordingly organized and shall be operated exclusively for educational and scientific purposes. No part of its net earnings shall inure to the benefit of any member, private shareholder or individual and no substantial part of its activities shall be the carrying on of propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. The corporation shall not participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.