KINSHIP SYSTEMS INC
SB-1, EX-3.(I), 2000-07-07
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                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                          Kinship Communications, Inc.
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned natural person, who is more than eighteen (18) years of
age, hereby establishes a business corporation pursuant to the laws of the State
of Utah and adopts the following Articles of Incorporation:

                                    ARTICLE I

                            Corporate Name and Office
                            -------------------------

         The name of the corporation is Kinship Communications, Inc. The initial
office address for the  corporation  shall be 280 North Kaysville  Drive,  Suite
100, Kaysville, Utah 84037.
                                   ARTICLE II

                                    Duration
                                    --------

         The corporation shall have perpetual existence.

                                   ARTICLE III

                                    Purposes
                                    --------

         The  initial  specific   purposes  of  the  corporation  shall  be  the
development,  manufacturing and marketing of computer based automatic  telephone
communication systems. The corporation may conduct the foregoing,  and any other
business  activities,  in any jurisdiction or location where it is authorized to
conduct any designated  business  activity by its Board of Directors to include,
though not limited to:

         3.1 Enter into any lawful  arrangement  for sharing  profits,  union of
interest,   reciprocal   association  or  cooperative   associations   with  any

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corporation, association, limited liability company, partnership, individual, or
other legal entity for carrying on any business; or to enter into any general or
limited  partnership for the carrying on of any business.  3.2 To enter into any
lawful merger, consolidation, asset acquisition or sale, or related transaction.
To borrow or lend  money and to issue  securities,  or engage in other  security
transactions for its business purposes.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                     Powers
                                     ------

         In furtherance of the foregoing  purposes the  corporation  shall have,
and may  exercise,  all of the rights,  powers and  privileges  now or hereafter
conferred  upon a  corporation  by any state where it is  authorized  to conduct
business. In addition,  it may do everything necessary,  suitable, or proper for
the accomplishment of any of its corporate purposes.


                                   ARTICLE V

                          Authorized Shares and Voting
                          ----------------------------

         The  corporation  shall  have one class of stock  being  Fifty  Million
(50,000,000) shares of common,  voting stock having no designated par value. All
shares of stock  shall be  issued  by the  corporation  for  cash,  tangible  or
intangible  property,  services  actually  performed,  notes or other  interests
having actual value, at a rate of consideration as may be affixed,  from time to
time, by the Board of Directors.  Fully paid stock of this corporation shall not
be liable to any call and is  nonassessable.  There  are no  pre-emptive  rights
provision adopted by these Articles;  though the By-Laws may contain  provisions
for adopting  pre-emptive  rights by the Board of Directors or the  shareholders
without amendment to these Articles,  so far as permissible under Utah law. Each
common  shareholder  of  record  shall  have one  vote  for each  share of stock
standing in his, her or its name on the books of the corporation;  provided that

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the Board of Directors may subsequently adopt standard provisions for cumulative
voting without  amendment to these  Articles,  so far as permissible  under Utah
law. At all  meetings of the  shareholders,  the  majority of the common  shares
entitled  to vote at such  meeting,  represented  in person  or by proxy,  shall
constitute  a quorum.  ARTICLE  VI  Registered  Agent and Office The name of the
registered agent for the corporation is Mr. Andrew Limpert at 22 East 100 South,
Suite  400,  Salt Lake  City,  Utah  84111.  The  knowledgeable  consent  of the
registered agent to such appointment is evidenced by his signature at the end of
this document. ARTICLE VII Internal Affairs Provisions for the regulation of the
internal  affairs of the  corporation  are to be  determined as set forth in the
By-Laws  as  adopted  by the  initial  Board of  Directors  of the  Corporation.
Thereafter,  the By-Laws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by a majority vote
of the Board of Directors or shareholders of the  Corporation;  except as to any
action  provided  for in these  Articles,  the  By-Laws or by  statute,  if any,
specifying  a higher  voting  requirement  as to that  provision.  ARTICLE  VIII
Directors The initial Board of Directors  shall consist of three (3) individuals
identified below. These initial Directors are:

                  1.       Terry Deru              1393 South 50 West
                                                   Farmington, UT 84025

                  2.       Andrew Limpert          8395 S. Parkhurst Circle.
                                                   Sandy, UT 84094

                  3.       Robert Hunter           875 E. 8475 S.
                                                   Sandy, UT 84094

                 The number and term of Directors shall be subsequently  set-out
in the By-Laws provided that there shall not be less than three directors.

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                                   ARTICLE IX

                         Limited Liability of Directors
                         ------------------------------

         To the fullest extent  permitted by the Utah Business  Corporation Act,
as the same exists or may hereafter be amended,  no director of the  corporation
shall be personally  liable to the corporation or its  shareholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,  except for  liability:  (i)
for any  breach of the  director's  duty of loyalty  to the  corporation  or its
shareholders,  (ii) for acts or  omissions  not in good  faith or which  involve
intentional  misconduct or a knowing  violation of law,  (iii) for actions under
Section 16-10-44 of the Utah Business  Corporation Act, or successor  provision,
or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper benefit.

                                    ARTICLE X

                             Meeting of Shareholders
                             -----------------------

         At any meeting of the  shareholders,  a majority of the shares entitled
to vote,  represented in person or by proxy,  shall constitute a quorum,  unless
these Articles are hereafter  amended to provide for different  classes of stock
with variable quorum requirements.  If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote
of a majority of the shares  represented  at the meeting and entitled to vote on
the subject  matter shall be the act of the  shareholders;  unless the vote of a
greater number is required by law, or by amendment to these Articles.






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                                   ARTICLE XI

                                  Incorporators
                                  -------------

             The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:
                                 Andrew Limpert
                          22 East 100 South, Suite 400
                            Salt Lake City, UT 84111

                  DONE this 1st day of February, 2000.


                              INCORPORATOR & REGISTERED AGENT:



                              /s/Andrew Limpert
                              -------------------------------
                              Mr. Andrew Limpert
                              Incorporator & Registered Agent



STATE OF UTAH                       )
                                    : ss.
COUNTY OF SALT LAKE                 )

         I hereby  certify  that on the 1st day of  February,  2000,  personally
appeared  before me, a Notary  Public,  Mr. Andrew Limpert who being by me first
duly sworn, declared that he is the persons who signed the foregoing document as
the Incorporator and that the statements therein contained are true.


                                             /s/Polly S. Mansfield
                                             ---------------------
                                             Polly S. Mansfield
                                             NOTARY PUBLIC









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