2011 Vermont Code
Title 11B Nonprofit Corporations
Chapter 7 MEMBERS, MEETINGS AND VOTING
§ 1 Annual meeting and regular meetings
§ 7.01. Annual meeting and regular meetings
(a) A corporation with members shall hold an annual membership meeting at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, unless a different time is specifically set forth in the notice of meeting with the change in time being duly noted.
(b) A corporation with members may hold regular membership meetings at the times stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, unless a different time is specifically set forth in the notice of meeting with the change in time being duly noted.
(c) Annual and regular membership meetings shall be held in this state unless permitted in the bylaws of the corporation to be held outside this state. Annual meetings shall be held at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, or otherwise stated in the notice of meeting, annual meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal office.
(d) At the annual meeting:
(1) The president and chief financial officer shall report on the activities and financial condition of the corporation; and
(2) The members shall consider and act upon such other matters as may be raised consistent with the notice requirements of section 7.05 and subsection 7.23(b) of this chapter.
(e) At regular meetings, the members shall consider and act upon such matters as may be raised consistent with the notice requirements of section 7.05 and subsection 7.23(b) of this title.
(f) An annual or regular meeting may be conducted by means of any electronic or telecommunications mechanism, including video-conferencing telecommunication.
(g) The failure to hold an annual meeting at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with a corporation's bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporation action. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; amended 2009, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. April 15, 2010.)
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