Title
Resolution Recognizing the Michigan Darfur Coalition as a Civic Nonprofit Organization Operating in Ann Arbor for the Purpose of Obtaining a Charitable Gaming License
Memorandum
To obtain a charitable gaming license under Michigan law, a nonprofit organization is required to submit a resolution from its local governing body recognizing it as a community-based organization.
The Michigan Darfur Coalition is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides assistance for victims of the on-going genocide in Darfur Sudan by providing aid and building schools and wells.
Passage of the attached resolution will allow the Michigan Darfur Coalition to hold a poker tournament at the Monkey Bar/Full Moon Saloon in Ann Arbor. Passage of this resolution is required in order to obtain final approval from the Charitable Gaming Division of the Bureau of State Lottery for this event and any future events.
Staff
Prepared by: Anissa R. Bowden, Council Administrative Coordinator
Reviewed by: Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Body
Whereas, P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, requires that local civic nonprofit organizations be recognized by resolution adopted by the local governmental subdivision in which the organization conducts its principal activities and that a copy of said resolution be filed with any application for a license to conduct a bingo, raffle or charity game(s);
Whereas, The Michigan Darfur Coalition has requested that it be recognized as a nonprofit organization operating in the community for the purpose of obtaining a charitable gaming license; and
Whereas, The Michigan Darfur Coalition is a local civic nonprofit organization as defined by P.A. 382 of 1972, as amended, which should be recognized for its efforts to provide assistance for victims of the on-going genocide in Darfur Sudan by providing aid and building schools and wells;
RESOLVED, That City Council hereby approve recognition of the Michigan Darfur Coalition as a local civic nonprofit organization o...
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