2019 New York Laws
REL - Rural Electric Cooperative
Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers
17 - Meetings of Members.

§ 17.  Meetings  of members. (a) An annual meeting of the members of a
cooperative shall be held at such time and place as shall be provided in
the by-laws.
  (b) Special meetings of the members may be called by the president, by
the board of directors, by any three directors, or by not less than  ten
per centum of the members.
  (c)  Except  as  otherwise provided in this chapter written or printed
notice stating the time and place of each meeting of the members and, in
the case of a special meeting, the purpose or  purposes  for  which  the
meeting  is  called, shall be given to each member, either personally or
by mail, not less than ten days nor more than  twenty-five  days  before
the  date  of  the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be
given when deposited in the United  States  mail  with  postage  prepaid
addressed  to  the member at his address as it appears on the records of
the cooperative.
  (d) Unless the by-laws prescribe the presence of a greater  percentage
or  number  of the members for a quorum, a quorum for the transaction of
business at all meetings of the members of a cooperative having not more
than one thousand members, shall be five  per  centum  of  all  members,
present  in  person,  and of a cooperative having more than one thousand
members, shall be fifty members, present  in  person.  If  less  than  a
quorum  is present at any meeting, a majority of those present in person
may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
  (e) Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted
to a vote at a meeting of the members. Voting shall be in  person,  but,
if  the by-laws so provide, may also be by proxy or by mail, or both. If
the by-laws provide for voting by proxy or  by  mail,  they  shall  also
prescribe  the conditions under which such voting shall be permitted. No
person shall vote as proxy for more than three members at any meeting of
the members.
  (f) Every cooperative shall keep, at the office  of  the  cooperative,
correct  and  complete  books  and records of account and minutes of the
proceedings of its members, board and executive committees, if any,  and
shall  keep  at  such  office  a list or record containing the names and
addresses of all members, the class or classes of membership and  amount
of  patronage capital allocated and unretired to each member, as well as
the amount of any patronage capital allocated  to  nonmembers,  and  the
dates  when they respectively were allocated such patronage capital. Any
of the foregoing books, minutes and records may be in written form or in
any other form capable of being converted into  written  form  within  a
reasonable time.