ARTICLE VI
MEETINGS

Section 1. Annual Meeting. At least one general meeting of the members shall be held each calendar year. The regular annual meeting of the members shall normally be held in the fall or as designated by the Board.

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the members may be called at any time upon the written request of any four members, and if more than eighteen months have elapsed without the members' meeting being held, any member may call a meeting. Such special meetings shall be called not less than ten nor more than twenty-five days after the receipt of such request, and if the secretary shall neglect or refuse to issue such call, an officer or the member making such request, may do so.

Section 3. Notice of the Annual Meeting. Notice of the annual meeting of the members, stating the time, the places, and in general terms the purposes thereof shall be emailed or mailed by the Secretary or person calling such meeting to each member at his email or postal address as the same appears on the records of the Association at least thirty days prior to the date of the meeting. No other notice of the meeting of the members need be given. If such notice is emailed or placed in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the member's last known address, notice shall be deemed to have been given.

Section 4. At any meeting of the members a majority entitled to vote must be represented in person or by proxy in writing and shall constitute a quorum for any and all purposes, including the election of officers. Written proxies may normally only be conferred on other members in good standing (having the right to vote). A waiver of this rule may be granted by a majority vote of the Board, provided it is requested in writing at least ten days prior to the meeting.

Section 5. The President, or, in his absence, the Vice-President, or in the absence of the President and Vice-President, a chairman elected by the members present, shall call the meeting to order and shall act as presiding officer thereof.

Section 6. The Secretary of the association shall act as a secretary at all meetings of the members, and in his absence the presiding officer may appoint any member to act as secretary.

Section 7. At the annual meeting of the members, those entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors as provided by these bylaws, and the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation.

Section 8. All meetings shall be governed by and according to Robert’s Rules of Order, newly Revised, 12th Edition.

Section 9. Place of meeting. All meetings shall be held at the registered office of the corporation or at such other place within Island County, Washington, designated by the board.

Section 10. Action by members without a meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a members' meeting may be taken without a meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is signed by all members entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Any such consent shall be inserted in the minute book as if it were the minutes of a membership meeting.

Section 11. Voting by mail solicitation may occur at the option of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provision of amendments.

Section 12. Compensation. By board resolution directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each board meeting or a fixed sum for attendance at each board meeting or a stated salary as director or any combination of the foregoing. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore.

Section 13. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation present at a board meeting at which action on any matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action unless his dissent is entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he files his written dissent to such action with the person acting as secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or unless he forwards such dissent to the secretary of the corporation within 48 hours after the adjournment of the meeting. A director who voted in favor of such action may not dissent.

Section 14. Other Officers. In addition to the foregoing officers, the Board of Directors, may from time to time, elect such officers as it may see fit, with such duties as the Board may deem proper.


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