NORWEGIAN COMMERCIAL CLUB

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE CIVIC AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY TO THE END THAT BENEFITS THEREFROM MAY ACCURE TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, CITY OF SEATTLE, AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST; TO FOSTER TRADE AND COMMERCE AMONG ITS MEMBERS; TO PROMOTE AND ELEVATE BUSINESS STANDARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; TO OFFER INVITATIONS FOR OTHERS TO SEEK THIS STATE AND COMMUNITY AS THEIR FIELD OF COMMERCIAL ENDEAVOR AND TO EXTEND HOSPITALITY TO VISTORS AND NEW ARRIVALS; TO ASSIST IN AND ENCOURAGE THE BUILDING OF NEW INDUSTRIES AND THE EXPANSION OF OLD; TO ADVOCATE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY ITS MEMBERS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS; TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS; TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SOCIAL AND BUSINESS CLUB FOR NORWEGIANS, NORWEGIAN AMERICANS AND OTHERS, TO PROVIDE SUCH QUARTERS, MEETING PLACES AND FACILITIES AS WILL SERVE THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THIS NORWEGIAN COMMERCIAL CLUB IS ORGANIZED.