Article III: Meetings of Members

Section 1. Annual Meetings

The Annual Meeting of members shall be held at such time and place within the counties served by the Cooperative, as selected by the Board of Directors and which shall be designated in the notice of the meeting, for the purpose of electing board members, passing upon reports for the previous fiscal year and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. Failure to hold the Annual Meeting at the designated time shall not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Cooperative.

Section 2. Special Meeting

Special meetings of the members may be called by resolution of the Board of Directors, or upon written request signed by any three directors, by the President, or by 10% or more of all the members, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the Secretary to cause notice of such meeting to be given as hereinafter provided. Special meetings of the members may be held at any place within the counties served by the Cooperative, specified in the 5 notice of the special meeting.

Section 3. Notice of Members' Meeting

Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting or an Annual Meeting at which business requiring special notice is to be transacted, the purpose of purposes for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not less than ten days nor more than twenty-five days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Secretary, or upon a default in duty by the Secretary, by the persons calling the meeting, to each member. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the member at his address as it appears on the records of the Cooperative, with postage thereon prepaid. The failure of any member to receive notice of an Annual or special meeting of the members shall not invalidate any action which may be taken by the members at any such meeting.

Section 4. Quorum

2% of the first 2,000 members and one percent of the remaining members, present in person, or as required by the State Statutes of Missouri, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the members. 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.

Section 5. Voting

Each member shall be entitled to only 1 vote. All questions shall be decided by a vote of a majority of the members voting thereon in person except as otherwise provided by law, the articles of incorporation or these Bylaws.

Section 6. Proxies

No member may vote by proxy at any meeting of the members.

Section 7. Mail Voting

(Deleted by 2014 Amendment)

Section 8. Order of Business

The order of business at the Annual Meeting of the members and, so far as possible, at all other meetings of the members, shall be essentially as follows:

  1. Report as to which members are present in person in order to determine the existence of quorum and which members are represented by proxy.
  2. Read the notice of the meeting and proof of the due publication or mailing thereof, or the waiver or waivers of notice of the meeting as the case may be.
  3. Read the unapproved minutes of previous meetings of the members and the taking of necessary action thereon.
  4. Present and consider reports of officers, directors and committees.
  5. Election of directors.
  6. Unfinished business.
  7. New business
  8. Adjournment.