1. Place. Meetings of the Association shall be held a such reasonable place as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Association shall be held in the fourth quarter of each year, on a date fixed by the Board of Directors. At the annual meeting the lot owners shall elect Directors or fill vacancies in the Board of Directors as provided in the Declaration and shall consider such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
3. Special Meetings. It shall be the duty of the President of the Association to call a special meeting of the Association when so directed by resolution of a majority of the Board of Directors, or upon the written request of lot owners having thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the total votes.
4. Notice of Meetings. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Association to mail a notice of each annual and special meeting, stating the purpose thereof as well as the time and place where it is to be held, to each lot owner (and such other persons as provided in the Declaration) at the address of the lot involved or at such other address as the lot owner shall have furnished in writing to the Board of Directors. Said notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to an annual or special meeting. Notice of any meeting of the Association may be waived in writing at any time and is waived by actual attendance at such meeting, unless such appearance be limited expressly to object to the legality of the meeting. A declaration of such limited appearance shall be filed in writing with the Board of Directors at or prior to the meeting attended in such limited capacity.
5. Quorum. The presence in person or by proxy of lot owners having 35 or more votes shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Association. (Note: this was amended to 15 lots for quorum, see amendment)
6. Adjourned Meetings. If any meeting of the Association cannot be held because a quorum is not in attendance, the lot owners or their designated representatives may adjourn the meeting to a time not less than 48 hours from the time the original meeting was called, and the lot owners or their designated representatives who attend such an adjourned meeting, although holding less than 35 votes, in person or by proxy, shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for the purpose of said meeting, provided that they hold at least 24 votes; and provided further, that no amendment to the Declaration shall be adopted except as prescribed by the Declaration, and no amendment to these Bylaws shall be adopted unless lot owners holding 42 or more votes are present in person or by proxy.
7. Proxies. Any lot owner may vote by proxy. Proxies shall be in writing, signed by the lot owner, and filed with the Board of Directors prior to the vote in which such proxies are cast.
8. Majority Vote. Except as otherwise provided by the Declaration, these Bylaws, or the Act, passage of any matter submitted to vote at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly called, where a quorum is in attendance in person or by proxy, shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the total votes present in person or by proxy.
9. Order of Business for First Meeting. The order of business at the first meeting of the Association shall be as follows:
- Roll call
- Review of Bylaws
- Election of Board of Directors
- Adjournment.
10. Order of Business at All Other Meetings. Except for the first meeting of the Association, the order of business at meetings of the Association shall be as follows unless dispensed with or altered by motion:
- Roll call
- Proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice
- Minutes of preceding meeting
- Reports of officers
- Reports of committees
- Election of Directors (annual meeting or special meeting called for such purpose)
- Unfinished business.
- Adjournment.
11. Parliamentary Authority. In the event of dispute, the parliamentary authority for the meetings shall be the current available edition of Roberts Rules of Order, Revised.