Article F- Meetings

Section 1. Annual General Membership Meetings.
There shall be held an Annual General Membership Meeting of the Association, normally in November or December each year, at which time the Officers and Committee Chairpersons shall submit their reports, and vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be filled by election by and from the membership of the Association. Any other business of the Association properly of concern to the general membership shall be carried on at such Annual Meeting. The presence of ten voting members of the Association, in person or by proxy, including four officers or active members of the Board of Directors, shall constitute a quorum at any Annual General Membership Meeting of the Association. Notice of the Annual General Membership Meeting shall be sent to all members at least ten days prior to the meeting.

Section 2. Board of Directors Meetings.
a. Schedule. The Board of Directors shall meet at least quarterly on dates prescribed by the Executive Committee. One of these meetings, which will be the Annual Meeting of the Board, shall be held on the date and place of the Annual General Membership Meeting of the Association and immediately following such general membership meeting. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Secretary upon the order of the Chairperson or the President or at the written request of three members of the Board. All meetings of the Board shall be held at the principal office of the Association, unless otherwise designated in the notice at the request of the person or persons calling the meeting.

b. Procedures. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall determine the manner and form of its proceedings. Each member of the Board of Directors, including ex-officio members, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote. All transactions before the Board must receive the approval of a majority of those present and voting. Any member of the Board may authorize a representative in writing to participate in, and vote for them at, any meeting.

c. Absentee Ballots
If and when the active Directors severally or collectively consent in writing, through an absentee ballot, to any action to be taken by the Association, such action shall be as valid a corporate action as though it had been authorized at a meeting of the Board of Directors.

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