Academic Freedom Academic freedom shall be guaranteed to all employees, and no special limitation shall be placed upon study, investigation, presentation and interpretation of facts and ideas concerning man, human society, the physical and biological world, and other branches of learning subject to accepted standards of professional responsibility, community standards, and District-approved curriculum. These responsibilities include a commitment to democratic tradition, a concern for the welfare, growth and development of children, and an insistence upon objective scholarship. Employees who create work on their own time, own the right to that work.
Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority A. The General Partner may not take any action in contravention of this Agreement, including, without limitation: (i) take any action that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement; (ii) possess Partnership property, or assign any rights in specific Partnership property, for other than a Partnership purpose except as otherwise provided in this Agreement; (iii) admit a Person as a Partner, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement (including with respect to the PLPs, who shall become Partners upon their receipt of Performance Units); (iv) perform any act that would subject a Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction or any other liability except as provided herein or under the Act; or (v) enter into any contract, mortgage, loan or other agreement that prohibits or restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting, the ability of a Limited Partner to exercise its rights to a Redemption in full, except with the written consent of such Limited Partner. B. The General Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Partners (in addition to any Consent of the Limited Partners required by any other provision hereof), undertake, on behalf of the Partnership, any of the following actions or enter into any transaction which would have the effect of such transactions: (i) except as provided in Section 7.3.D below, amend, modify or terminate this Agreement other than to reflect the admission, substitution, termination or withdrawal of partners pursuant to Article 12; (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or appoint or acquiesce in the appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for all or any part of the assets of the Partnership; (iii) institute any proceeding for bankruptcy on behalf of the Partnership; (iv) confess a judgment against the Partnership; or (v) enter into a merger (including a triangular merger), consolidation or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity. C. Except in the case of a Liquidating Event pursuant to Section 13.1 (other than Section 13.1.F), the General Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Limited Partners, undertake, on behalf of the Partnership, any actions or enter into any transaction which would have the effect of a dissolution of the Partnership, including a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets in a single transaction or a series of related transactions. D. Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B and 7.3.C, but subject to Section 7.3.E, the General Partner shall have the power, without the Consent of the Partners, to amend this Agreement as may be required to facilitate or implement any of the following purposes: (i) to add to the obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the benefit of the Limited Partners; (ii) to reflect the issuance of additional Partnership Interests pursuant to Sections 4.3.C, 4.3.F and 4.4, or the admission, substitution, termination, reduction in Partnership Units or withdrawal of Partners in accordance with this Agreement (which may be effected through the replacement of Exhibit A with an amended Exhibit A); (iii) to set forth or amend the designations, rights, powers, duties, and preferences of the holders of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Article 4; (iv) to reflect a change that is of an inconsequential nature and does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect, or to cure any ambiguity in, correct or supplement any provision, or make other changes with respect to matters arising under, this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Agreement; (v) to satisfy any requirements, conditions, or guidelines contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a Federal, state of local agency or contained in Federal, state or local law. (vi) to reflect such changes as are reasonably necessary for the General Partner to maintain its status as a REIT, including changes which may be necessitated due to a change in applicable law (or an authoritative interpretation thereof) or a ruling of the IRS; and (vii) to modify, as set forth in the definition of “Capital Account,” the manner in which Capital Accounts are computed. The General Partner will provide notice to the Limited Partners when any action under this Section 7.3.D is taken. E. Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B, 7.3.C and 7.3.D, this Agreement shall not be amended, and no action may be taken by the General Partner, including in either case through merger or sale of assets of the Partnership or otherwise, without the Consent of each Common Limited Partner or Preferred Limited Partner adversely affected if such amendment or action would (i) convert a Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership into a general partner’s interest (except as the result of the General Partner acquiring such interest), (ii) modify the limited liability of a Limited Partner, (iii) alter rights of the Partner to receive distributions pursuant to Article 5, Section 13.2.A(4), Article 18, Article 19, Article 20, Article 21 or Article 22 or the allocations specified in Article 6 (except as permitted pursuant to Section 4.3 and Section 7.3.D), (iv) alter or modify the rights to a Redemption or the REIT Shares Amount as set forth in Section 8.6, and related definitions hereof, (v) alter the redemption or exchange rights as set forth in Sections 18.5, 18.8 19.5 and 19.8 hereof, respectively, or (vi) amend this Section 7.3.E. Further, no amendment may alter the restrictions on the General Partner’s authority set forth elsewhere in this Section 7.3 without the Consent specified in such section. In addition, (a) Section 11.2 of this Agreement shall not be amended, and no action in contravention of Section 11.2 shall be taken, including in either case through merger or sale of assets of the Partnership or otherwise, without the Consent of the Limited Partners and (b) this Agreement shall not be amended, and no action shall be taken, including in either case through merger or sale of assets of the Partnership or otherwise, which would adversely affect the rights of the Persons set forth in Exhibit G to receive Performance Units as described herein. F. Other than incident to a transaction pursuant to Sections 11.2.B or 11.2.C, the General Partner shall not undertake to dispose of any Partnership Property specified in the agreements listed in Exhibit H in a taxable sale or taxable exchange prior to the dates specified in such agreements without the prior consent of each Limited Partner which contributed all or any portion of an interest in such Property to the Partnership, as set forth in such agreements.
What Are the Qualifications for Charitable Donations The Pension Protection Act of 2006 allows ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ holders who are RMD age or older at the time of a distribution to annually exclude qualified charitable distribution amounts up to $100,000 per year from gross income. The provision was made permanent by the PATH Act of 2015. A qualified charitable distribution must be made payable directly to the qualified charity as described in Section 170(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. Distributions from SEP or SIMPLE IRAs do not qualify for this type of designation.
Establishment of a Free Trade Area The Parties to this Agreement, consistent with Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) and Article V of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), hereby establish a free trade area.
Academic Freedom and Responsibility 6.1 The University and United Academics agree that academic freedom is essential to the mission of the University and that providing an environment of free and honest inquiry is essential to its functioning. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to limit or abridge any individual's right to free speech or to infringe upon the academic freedom of any member of the University community. 6.2 Academic freedom is accompanied by the corresponding responsibility to provide objective and skillful exposition of one's subject, to at all times be accurate, to exercise appropriate restraint, to show respect for the opinions of others and to indicate when appropriate that one is an institutional representative. 6.3 The University of Alaska and United Academics endorse the “1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with 1970 Interpretive Comments,” issued by the American Association of University Professors and the Association of American Colleges, and the 1999 statement “On Collegiality As a Criterion for Faculty Evaluation,” issued by the American Association of University Professors. 6.4 The University of Alaska and United Academics agree that all members of the academic community have an obligation to maintain accepted standards of civility and professionalism.
