Urgent Help needed for a Dudely wedding in NYC

[timythy]

So I just sent the following plea in an email to Headquarters, but in the hopes that fellow dudes can offer assistance, I'm posting it here.

Greetings,
I could really use some assistance on this one. I left a voice message at the phone number listed on my letter of good standing, but maybe this will find helpful eyes faster. I think I'm on the verge of being screwed for time.

I've been asked to officiate a wedding on the 14th of June. In NYC, officiants must register with the city clerk. The reasons for this are beyond me. Abidingly, I submitted my application and went to the clerk's office today. Failure ensued.

Encouragingly, the clerk has no problem with the Dude, but in order to register I need some additional materials. Namely: a letter from my local congregation that expressly consents to my registration with the Office of the City Clerk, and either a copy of our Articles of Incorporation or A statement that lists the location of the church, the reason for the church's founding, the number of trustees of the church, the approximate size of the congregation, and how often the congregation meets.

They have a sample letters for these things here (I can't post external links in this forum, suffice to say it's in the Marriage Officiant Registration section of the City Clerk's NYC website.)

As a competent graphic designer, It's possible I could assemble these materials myself. It would certainly hasten the process and then I wouldn't burden anyone with extra clerical work, but I'd want the go-ahead of the Dudely Lama. Furthermore, I wouldn't know where to find a copy of the church's Articles of Incorporation.

So that's the fix I'm in. A plaintive cry for help accompanied by the fuss and bother of municipal hoop-jumping paints me into a fairly undude corner at the moment, but in the end I'm just trying to do right by dear friends. If someone at headquarters can help, I'd really appreciate it.

[jgiffin]

Fucking fascists, man. Every bureaucrat should be required to read Franz Kafka (particularly, The Trial and The Metamorphosis) before they are issued a pen, computer, or bathroom key. It would solve a lot of goddamn problems before they're even created.

I can only wish you luck, dude. I'm sure somebody with more sense and information will get you a response pretty soon here.