{"content":[{"text":"Bylaw Change Recommendation For The 2021 \n Annual Members Meeting","bbox":{"left":0.117641,"top":0.089145,"width":0.7003090000000001,"height":0.060903999999999986}},{"text":"4.6 Quorum","bbox":{"left":0.117648,"top":0.177735,"width":0.14159999999999998,"height":0.025812}},{"text":"At any Annual Membership Meeting or Special Meeting of the Members, a \n quorum necessary for the transaction of business shall be the lesser of: (a) \n three percent (3%) of the active membership, or one hundred sixty (160) \n Active Members, with the Active Members present in person or by proxy, as \n provided in Section 4.4. However, the quorum requirement for any meeting \n of the membership considering the dissolution of the Cooperative shall be \n at least ten percent (10%) of the active membership, with the Active \n Members present in person or by proxy, as provided in Section 4.4.","bbox":{"left":0.117629,"top":0.220753,"width":0.754148,"height":0.160318}},{"text":"In the event that a quorum shall not be present or represented at the \n meeting of the members to consider dissolution, the Active Members shall \n have power to adjourn the meeting, without notice, other than \n announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or \n represented.","bbox":{"left":0.117608,"top":0.39802,"width":0.759051,"height":0.101159}},{"text":"Suggested change: remove ﬁrst sentence and begin with requirement for \n dissolution. Add clause indicating type of meeting in second paragraph with \n clariﬁcation.","bbox":{"left":0.117634,"top":0.531128,"width":0.755279,"height":0.06176399999999993}},{"text":"4.4 Voting","bbox":{"left":0.117648,"top":0.623196,"width":0.11809800000000001,"height":0.025809000000000082}},{"text":"Recommended change: remove all language about proxy because quorum \n would not be required, and proxy was only applicable for achieving quorum.","bbox":{"left":0.117638,"top":0.666207,"width":0.7615909999999999,"height":0.042154000000000025}},{"text":"Voting shall be accomplished through methods and means established by \n the Board of Directors. Each Active Member shall be entitled to one vote \n upon any matter proposed at an Annual Members Meeting or Special \n Meeting, and no votes by proxy shall be allowed, unless otherwise provided \n herein. Notice of the vote shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the \n Cooperative and communicated to Members not less than thirty (30) days \n prior to the end of the election period. Unless otherwise stated in the \n Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, or required by law, all questions \n shall be decided by a vote of a majority of the Active Members voting","bbox":{"left":0.117593,"top":0.725298,"width":0.7539180000000001,"height":0.18002300000000004}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}