Bylaws
ARTICLE 4—Membership Meetings
4.1. Annual Meeting.
The Association may hold an annual conference of the voting membership to
transact the business of the Association at the place and on the date the
Board determines.
4.2. Election of Officers.
Officers shall be elected by mail ballot in accordance with the provisions
of the California Nonprofit Corporation Law.
4.3. Special Meetings.
The President or the Board or five percent or more of the members may call
special meetings of the regular membership. Special meetings shall be limited
to the purpose for which they are called; no other business shall be conducted.
4.4. Notice.
The Board must give Association members reasonable notice of all regular
and special meetings.
4.5. Quorum, Voting.
The presence of 20 percent of the regular membership constitutes a quorum.
Whenever a quorum is present, an act or decision made by a majority of the
members is a valid act or decision. Proxy voting which conforms to the California
Nonprofit Corporation Law is permitted at any meeting.
4.6. Action Without a Meeting: Written Ballot.
Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the members including the
election of directors and officers, may be taken by conforming to the mail
balloting procedure specified in the California Nonprofit Corporation Law.
4.7. Parliamentary Authority.
The parliamentary authority for all Association meetings shall be Sturgis,
The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure.
