Unity International, Inc.
Special Meeting After Incorporation
The Opportunity African American Women Deserve
New Age Capitalism & New Age Corporations
Lead The Way To The Future
Date: March 12, 1996
Place: Inner Office - Unity International, Inc.
198 Russell Street
Orangeburg, SC 29115
Time: 7:00 p.m.
The following minutes were taken
from notes of a special meeting that was held after filing the incorporation papers for Unity International, Inc. The meeting
was held on the date, at the place, and convened at the time stated above. Present were:
Evangelist Dorothy P. Snider,
George M. Sistrunk
The meeting between Evangelist
Snider and George M. Sistrunk began at 7:00 p.m. Absent were: Carolyn O. Stroman, William H. Wilson, Rev. Dr. Clarence W.
Joyner, Jr., Dr. Jesse Kinard, Rev. Calvin Alston, Attorney Virgin Johnson and Carl X. Wright.
After arranging his papers and
documents, George Sistrunk informed Evangelist Snider of the results of the 12 days he spent doing research to solve the problem
of 113-22 and Rule 501(e), Regulation D, C.F.R. 17. He told Evangelist Snider that the investment program as written would
eliminate 98% of the Black community, 70% of the White community, or any other community from participating in any investment
program. He told Evangelist Snider that the number of "non accredited" investors was limited to ten (10) individuals during
any twelve month period, which was much to small for what they wanted to do.
Evangelist Snider was not familiar
with the term "non accredited" and asked for clarification. George told her that the Security Laws of the United States and
South Carolina only recognize two types of people for investment purposes, "accredited" and "non accredited". He simplified
it by saying an "accredited" investor is any individual or entity that has earned two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00)
a year or more during the past two (2) years and such person or entity is reasonably certain he/she/it will earn that amount
in the current year.
He added if the individual were
married, then that individual and his/her spouse must have earned three hundred thousand dollars (300,000.00) jointly over
the same periods of time. A "non accredited" investor is any person or entity that has earned less than that over the same
periods of time, or whose net worth is less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), or any trust whose total assets is less
than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00).
In addition, 113-22 in binder number
twenty-seven (27), prohibits any advertisement, articles, notices, or other communication published in any newspaper or magazine.
Subsection 3-b, prohibits holding any seminar or meeting whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general
advertising. Plus, he added Section (4) prohibits commissions, finder’s fees or other remuneration from being paid,
unless the person that did the soliciting was a registered Broker-Dealer or Agent as required by Section 35-1-410, SC Code
of Laws.
Evangelist Snider agreed that would
eliminate practically everyone in Orangeburg. George reminded her of the meeting of January 23,1996, when he told the group
that the association was much less complicated than a stock company offering shares to the public. He also told her to file
the necessary papers, filing fees and related legal fees could cost Unity as much as thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00)
and that was going cheap. He also added, even if Unity were to acquire the securities, there was no guarantee any brokerage
firm would offer them to their clientele.
He showed her several documents
that he had with him and told her he would make copies and leave them in the outer office for the rest of the group. George
told Evangelist Snider that he talked with a representative from the state's Attorney General's office and a representative
from the Secretary of State's office. Both recommended that Unity seek the services of a corporate law firm from Columbia,
Charlotte, Charleston or Atlanta, which Unity couldn't afford right now. He told Evangelist Snider that he had asked each
representative to send him all the relevant laws governing Unity's activities and they had agreed to send them.
The next item of business was the
credit application from Palmetto Office Supply. Evangelist Snider had gotten the application earlier in the week. George told
her he would complete it and take it to the store before the week was out. George told Evangelist Snider that he would bring
Dr. Joyner up to date as soon as possible, but he needed her authorization as the soon to be Vice President to proceed with
revising the original investment program so that it would not violate federal and state security laws.
Evangelist Snider gave George the
go ahead to develop an entirely different program. The meeting was adjourned until the requested information arrived from
the Secretary of State. Evangelist Snider agreed to call another special meeting after George reviewed the information. George
agreed to see her at the earliest possible date.
Notation for the record:
The above minutes were taken from the meeting notes of Nakeesa Davis - Recording Secretary.
Respectfully Submitted,
George M. Sistrunk
Note: Even though minutes were accepted and approved at meetings, there is no current evidence the
minutes were ever signed or sealed by the Joyner Administration.
UNITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SPECIAL MEETING AFTER INCORPORATION
Date: March 14, 1996
Place: Inner Office - Unity International, Inc.
198 Russell Street
Orangeburg, South Carolina 29115
Time: 7:00 p.m.
- Evangelist Dorothy P. Snider
- George M. Sistrunk
The meeting between Evangelist
Snider and George Sistrunk began at 7:00 p.m.. Absent were:
- Carolyn O. Stroman
- Rev. Dr. Clarence W. Joyner, Jr.
- Rev. Calvin Alston
- Carl X. Wright
- William H. Wilson
- Dr. Jesse Kinard
- Attorney Virgin Johnson
George Sistrunk began the meeting
by telling Evangelist Snider that he had some good news. He had already called Dr. joyner and had informed him earlier
during the day of his conversation with Eric Pantsari from the Securities Division of the Secretary of State's office. George
had called Eric to get clarification on Rule 501(e)(1)(iv), 501(a)(4) and Rule 147(1)-(2). According to Eric Pantsari[,]
there was no state law that prevented a corporation from entering into a general partnership with a person or entity.
Futhermore, as far as he knew, there was no state law that prevented general partners from purchasing shares of stock in a
corporation they owned and finally[,] there was no state law that he was aware of that prohibited the active solicitation
of individuals to be general partners in a corporation.
Eric Pantsari also told George
that general partners under Rule 501 are automatically considered accredited investors and there was no limit to the number
of general partners a corporation could have. He also added because Unity was entering into partnerships and not selling
shares of stock, our activity was not inviolation of the Securities Act of 1933 or 1934 or any security law of the state of
South Carolina. He went on to add that partnerships are governed by the terms of the partnership agreement and what
the state enforces are the provisions of that agreement, especially if any provision of the agreement is in violation of federal
and/or state law.
He also told George if the program
he had outlined to him over the phone was the one Unity intended to use, it was quite interesting. He didn't believe
anyone had ever tried to building a major corporation through a partnership program before now.
Evangelist Snider was very excited
over George's report of his conversation with Eric Pantsari. She asked George how soon could the new program be ready[?]
George told her within forty-eight hours. He told her the basic tenets of the partnership program were in the investment
Prospectus. He cautioned her that even though the partnership program was not a stock offering or a private placment,
because references to stock purchasing were contained within it, it would be best to treat it as if it were a private placement
and observe all the SEC rules governing private placement, including the release statement and the "suitability of intent
to invest letter".
Evangelist Snider agreed that would
be a safer route. George told her he preferred a straight partnership program, but since they had not received documents
from Kitco, it would be safer to split the program in half. With a straight partnership, ownership interest would have to
be transferred to shares of stock rather quickly. Since we aren't sure how our stock will be issued by the state, he
recommended Unity stay with the split program until all the corporate papers were filed and the corporation was ordering stock
shares on a regular basis.
He also told her since Unity would
be dealing in the African American community first, we would need more documentation than normally required. This means
two separate information packages and one hundred pages or more of documentation. He reminded her that corporate concepts
and ways of conducting business will be new to most of the African American. Fear, he said will be extremely high, and
the more actual documents Unity present to the public will help alleviate most of that fear. He told Evangelist Snider
that he had developed a non selling marketing concept he believed would work.
George told Evangelist Snider
that the new program, along with all the supporting documents would be ready by the next regular meeting, if he worked
at it night and day with few breaks.
George also told her that he had
talked with Fred Rohden and he wanted to know, when could Unity's board come to Jacksonville Florida to discuss buying the
franchise at Richland Fashion Mall? Evangelist Snider told him she would talk with Dr. Joyner about it. Even though
she was not happy with attendance at the special meetings, she agreed to call another special meeting if any new developments
came up. The meeting was adjourned until then.
Notation for the record:
The above minutes were taken from the meeting notes of Nakeesa Davis - Recording Secretary.
Respectfully Submitted,
George M. Sistrunk
Note: Even though minutes were accepted and approved at meetings, there is no current evidence the
minutes were ever signed or sealed by the Joyner Administration.

UNITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SPECIAL MEETING AFTER INCORPORATION
Date: March 16, 1996
Place: Chestnut Bar & Grill
Chestnut Street
Orangeburg, SC 29115
Time: 6:00 p.m.
The following minutes were taken
from notes of a special meeting that was held after filing the incorporation papers for Unity International, Inc. The meeting
was held on the date, at the place, and convened at the time stated above. Present were:
Evangelist Dorothy P. Snider,
Carolyn O. Stroman,
George M. Sistrunk,
Lillian L. Green
The meeting between Evangelist
Snider, George Sistrunk, Carolyn Stroman and Lillian L. Green began at 7:00 p.m. Absent were: Rev. Dr. Clarence W. Joyner,
Jr., William H. Wilson, Rev. Calvin Alston, Dr. Jesse Kinard, Carl X. Wright and Attorney Virgin Johnson.
George Sistrunk arrived at the
meeting late, by the time he arrived, Evangelist Snider and Carolyn Stroman had already begun the meeting. The purpose of
the meeting was to determine whether or not Mrs. Green had any interest in sitting on the Board of Directors of Unity. Since
Edward Graham had met Mrs. Green on March 9th, she had been under consideration for the next board member. Several telephone
conversations had followed that led to the meeting at Chestnut Bar and Grill.
George informed Mrs. Green that
on the 21st of March he, Evangelist Snider, Carolyn Stroman and Dr. Joyner were going to Jacksonville to formally discuss
the purchase of an Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips franchise located in Columbia, South Carolina at Richland Fashion Mall.
He also told her now was a good time to come abroad. By the end of the meeting it was agreed that Mrs. Green would be nominated
to replace Rev. Calvin Alston. Rev. Alston had not been to any meetings, nor had he responded to phone calls. Being that there
was no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned until March 19, 1996 at 7:00 p.m., at Unity's offices located
at 198 Russell Street.
Notation for the record:
The above minutes were taken from the meeting notes of Nakeesa Davis - Recording Secretary.
Respectfully Submitted,
George M. Sistrunk
Note: Even though minutes were accepted and approved at meetings, there is no current evidence the
minutes were ever signed or sealed by the Joyner Administration.
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