{"content":[{"text":"thereon. The methods of voting may be in person or extended balloting, in \n store, by mail or electronically, unless otherwise provided herein.","bbox":{"left":0.117639,"top":0.088856,"width":0.7442340000000001,"height":0.042138999999999996}},{"text":"An Active Member may cast the Active Member’s vote by proxy only for \n purposes of establishing a quorum at an Annual Members Meeting or a \n Special Meeting, or for opening the ﬂoor for nominations for members of \n the Board of Directors. An Active Member must appoint their proxy in \n writing at or before the Annual Members Meeting or Special Meeting. No \n proxy shall be voted or acted upon after one hundred eighty (180) days from \n the date evidenced thereon. Each attending Active Member shall vote no \n more than one proxy.","bbox":{"left":0.11763,"top":0.147947,"width":0.764367,"height":0.160263}},{"text":"5.1 Powers and Duties of the Board of Directors","bbox":{"left":0.117649,"top":0.338337,"width":0.566178,"height":0.025870000000000004}},{"text":"Recommended change: increase number of board of directors from seven \n (7) directors to nine (9) directors.","bbox":{"left":0.117639,"top":0.381347,"width":0.753558,"height":0.04209400000000002}},{"text":"The Board of Directors shall be composed of nine (9) directors, elected from \n among Active Members of the Cooperative. All directors are elected to \n represent the good of the Cooperative as a whole, and not the interest of \n any particular constituency. Therefore, except for matters for which \n Member voting is required, the Board of Directors shall have the power to \n govern the Cooperative, including, but not limited to, hiring an individual to \n serve as General Manager, who is not a member of the Board of Directors, \n to manage the day-to-day activities of the Cooperative, evaluating the \n General Manager’s performance, and assuring that the mission of the \n Cooperative is realized. Additionally, the Board of Directors shall adopt such \n policies, rules, regulations, and actions not inconsistent with the law, the \n Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, as it may deem advisable. \n Moreover, more speciﬁc duties of the Board of Directors shall be deﬁned in \n governing policies adopted by the Board of Directors. All directors shall have \n one (1) vote on each issue or matter raised at all meetings of the Board of \n Directors, unless a director must recuse him or herself from a vote.","bbox":{"left":0.117562,"top":0.440438,"width":0.763253,"height":0.31789900000000004}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}