2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 300 - 319B Corporations
Chapter 308B Cooperative Associations Act
Section 308B.515 SPECIAL MEMBERS' MEETINGS.

308B.515 SPECIAL MEMBERS' MEETINGS.
Subdivision 1. Calling meeting. Special members' meetings of the members may be called
by:
(1) a majority vote of the board; or
(2) the written petition of at least 20 percent of the patron members and, if authorized, 20
percent of the nonpatron members, 20 percent of all members, or members representing 20
percent of the membership interests collectively are submitted to the chair.
Subd. 2. Notice. The cooperative shall give notice of a special members' meeting by mailing
the special members' meeting notice to each member personally at the person's last known post
office address or an alternative method approved by the board and the member individually or the
members generally. For a member that is an entity, notice mailed or delivered by an alternative
method shall be to an officer of the entity. The special members' meeting notice shall state the
time, place, and purpose of the special members' meeting. The special members' meeting notice
shall be issued within ten days from and after the date of the presentation of a members' petition,
and the special members' meeting shall be held within 30 days after the date of the presentation of
the members' petition.
Subd. 3. Waiver and objections. A member may waive notice of a meeting of members. A
waiver of notice by a member entitled to notice is effective whether given before, at, or after the
meeting, and whether given in writing, orally, or by attendance. Attendance by a member at a
meeting is a waiver of notice of that meeting, except where the member objects at the beginning of
the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened,
or objects before a vote on an item of business because the item may not lawfully be considered at
that meeting and does not participate in the consideration of the item at that meeting.
History: 2003 c 105 art 1 s 41