• Attendance and notice

  Who was present and absent, who chaired and kept minutes, and whether notice was given or waived.

• Articles and bylaws

  Records that the articles were placed before the meeting and the bylaws adopted and kept.

• Officers elected

  A list of offices with the names of those elected.

• Bank, shares and expenses

  Authority to open a bank account, to accept subscriptions and issue shares, and to pay formation expenses.

• Registered office and year-end

  Blanks for the registered office and agent and the fiscal year-end.

The organizational meeting of the board is where a newly formed corporation's directors take the first formal steps: accepting the articles, adopting bylaws, electing officers, opening a bank account and authorising the issue of shares.

This blank form is the minutes of that meeting, written as a record to complete by hand and sign by the secretary and the chair of the meeting.

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These are separate documents, for different jobs.

• Incorporators' Organizational MeetingRecord the first meeting of a new corporation's incorporators.View document
• Company bylawsThe internal rules a corporation is governed by.View document
• Corporate resolutionsRecord decisions formally made by a board or shareholders.View document
• Share issuance documentsIssue new shares and record who receives them.View document

• After filing articles, when the directors meet for the first time
• A bank asks for minutes authorising an account
• A founder wants a record of the first share issue

• Corporate resolutionsRecord decisions formally made by a board or shareholders.View document
• Certificate of IncumbencyConfirm who a company's current directors and officers are.View document
• Consent to be Director and OfficerRecord a person's consent to serve as director and officer.View document
• Consent to Action Without MeetingApprove company decisions in writing without holding a meeting.View document