Group charter published
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The founding record
Articles of Formation for DBATR Enterprises.
DBATR Enterprises is being formed as a durable operating group — governed by written articles, a standing authority matrix, and a human signature on every filing.
The purpose is stated plainly in the record: relieve family strife, keep the core free forever, and answer to the household with the least rather than the client with the most.
Nothing here is a promise of legal advice or a filed instrument. These are the founding articles as drafted, held for the founder’s signature and counsel review before filing.
The twelve articles
Written to be understood by the family reading it, not only by the lawyer reviewing it. Articles II, V, VII, and IX are protected and cannot be weakened by amendment.
- Art. I
Name
The name of the company is DBATR Enterprises. It operates under the trade name DBATR — Dream Big Addiction & Trauma Recovery, and holds each venture of the group as a division or wholly owned subsidiary.
- Art. II
Purpose
To design, build, and operate systems that reduce family strife: recovery and trauma care, legal and reunification support, education, green work, trust and identity infrastructure, and assistant technology. The core services remain free to individuals and families in perpetuity.
- Art. III
Jurisdiction and office
The company is organized under the laws of the State of New York, with its principal office in the Buffalo / Niagara corridor. The Secretary of State is designated agent for service of process, with copies forwarded to the principal office of record.
- Art. IV
Duration
Perpetual. The group is structured to outlast its founder; no article may be amended to make continuity depend on any single person remaining in office.
- Art. V
Governance and human gates
Management is vested in the founder as managing member, assisted by an intelligence division that prepares but never decides. Legal filings require a personal human signature. Funds may be read and prepared for approval but never moved autonomously.
- Art. VI
Members and interests
Membership interests are issued in writing and recorded in the company ledger. No interest may be issued to a non-human system, and no automated process holds a vote, a title, or legal personhood within the company.
- Art. VII
Capital and surplus
Revenue is raised from institutions, partners, and value-share agreements. A hard floor funds free services first; surplus above the floor is allocated back out to families and community programs rather than extracted.
- Art. VIII
Records and paperless standard
All books, resolutions, contracts, and consents are maintained digitally with verifiable hashes and audit lines. Electronic signatures are valid under the federal E-SIGN Act and New York State law.
- Art. IX
Privacy and consent
The company collects only what a person consents to provide for a stated purpose. It maintains no secret dossier on any individual and does not sell, rent, or trade personal information under any circumstance.
- Art. X
Non-discrimination and pay
Pay bands are published. Salary history is never requested. No protected characteristic is an input to compensation, advancement, or access to services. Corrections to pay move upward only.
- Art. XI
Indemnification
The company indemnifies its members, officers, and volunteers acting in good faith within the scope of their duties, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluding acts of fraud or willful misconduct.
- Art. XII
Amendment
Articles may be amended in a signed written resolution recorded in the company books. Articles II (Purpose), V (Human gates), VII (Surplus), and IX (Privacy) are protected: no amendment may weaken them.
Filing sequence
Each step in order, with the human gate named where one exists. Nothing is filed and no account is opened until the founder signs.
Articles of formation drafted
Awaiting signatureTwelve articles covering name, purpose, jurisdiction, governance, capital, records, privacy, pay, and amendment.
Founder signature + counsel review before filing
New York entity filing
Awaiting signatureArticles of Organization filed with the NY Department of State, Division of Corporations, with designated agent for service.
Founder signs the filing personally
Federal EIN
QueuedEmployer Identification Number obtained directly from the IRS immediately after the entity is on record.
Operating agreement executed
In progressPlain-language operating agreement: management, capital accounts, distributions, transfer restrictions, dissolution.
Founder signature
Authority matrix adopted
In progressWritten schedule of who may prepare, who may approve, and who must sign — including the standing limits on the intelligence division.
Banking and books opened
QueuedOperating account, ledger, and read-only reporting into the platform. Money is read, never moved automatically.
Marks and inventions assigned
QueuedTrade name, marks, and platform inventions assigned to the company under written instruments.
Subsidiary charters issued
In progressEach division receives a written charter binding it to the group standard before it can operate under the name.
Governance documents
The books of the company, kept digitally with audit lines. No paper originals.
| Document | Purpose | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Articles of OrganizationCreates the company on the public record. | awaiting signature | |
| Operating AgreementHow the company is run, in plain language. | in draft | |
| Authority MatrixPrepare / approve / sign, line by line. | in draft | |
| Founder Resolutions No. 1Adopts the articles, appoints management, opens banking. | drafted | |
| Subsidiary Charter TemplateBinds each division to the group standard. | drafted | |
| IP AssignmentMoves marks and inventions into the company. | queued | |
| Records & Retention PolicyPaperless books, hashes, audit lines. | drafted | |
| Privacy & Consent PolicyWhat is collected, why, and for how long. | drafted |
Standing limits
These hold in every division, at every stage of formation, regardless of who is in the room.
- No filing leaves this company without a human signature on it.
- No payment moves without founder approval. Money is read, prepared, and presented — never sent.
- No family in crisis is ever billed, and no service is gated behind an income check.
- No secret file is built on any person, staff or public.
- No paper record is created where a verifiable digital record will do.
Signed by hand, built for the long run.
The founder signs every filing personally. This page is the working record — it updates as each document is executed.
/s/ Jacob Thomas Raab
Founder and managing member