Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the membership of this corporation shall be held on the third Tuesday in the month of May in each year beginning in 20 or, if earlier, the first May after the initial term ends, or at such other date designated by the directors, for the purpose of electing directors, if any are to be elected, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Washington, the meeting shall be held on the following business day or on such day designated by the directors. If the annual meeting is not held on the day designated herein, the board of directors shall cause a special meeting of members to be held as soon thereafter as may be convenient to elect directors. The annual meeting of the membership of this corporation for the purpose of election of directors and for the transaction of any other business as may come before the meeting, shall be held in the fourth quarter of each calendar year, with the date and time to be determined annually by the Board. Owners shall be given notice as required. (Bylaws amended by owner vote ballot sent out 9/2/2022)
Section 2. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise prescribed by statute, special meetings of the membership may be called for any purpose or purposes by the present or by the board of directors and shall be called by the secretary at the written request of any director or members holding not less than one-tenth of all the memberships.
Section 3. Place of Meeting. The annual meeting or special meetings of the members shall be held at such place within King County, Washington as the board of directors may designate from time to time.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice shall be delivered to each member not less than ten (10) days and not more than sixty (60) days before the meeting, either personally or by mail, by the secretary or by the person or persons authorized to call meetings of members. If written notice is placed in the US mail, postage prepaid, addressed to a member at the address of the owners of the Lot to which membership is appurtenant as it appears in the records of the corporation or to any other mailing address designated in writing by such owners, notice shall be deemed to have been delivered to the member. The notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and the business to be placed on the agenda by the directors for a vote by the membership, including any proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, any budget or changes in the previously approved budget that result in a change in assessments and any proposal to remove a director(s).
Section 5. Quorum. The presence in person or by proxy of holders of fifty percent or more of the memberships shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of membership. If a quorum is present, a majority affirmative vote of the membership present and entitled to vote shall be the act of the membership, unless the act of a greater number is required by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law.
Section 6. Method of Voting. The members who hold a membership shall be entitled to vote in person or by mail or by proxy. No right to cumulate votes at the election of directors shall exist. Each membership shall have one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of membership as provided for in the Articles of Incorporation. If a membership is held by more than one member, then the holders of the membership shall designate the person or proxy who shall exercise the vote of the membership. If more than one person or proxy shall attempt to exercise the vote of the membership on the same issue, then the vote of such membership shall be disregarded and the membership shall be recorded as having abstained from the vote.
Section 7. Voting by Certain Members. The votes of memberships held by a corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine. A certified copy of a resolution adopted by such directors shall be conclusive as to their action. The votes of memberships held by a partnership may be voted by any partner. The votes of memberships held by a limited liability company may be voted by any member of the limited liability company. The votes of memberships which are held by administrators, executors, guardians or conservators may be voted by such persons, either in person or by proxy, with a transfer of such memberships into the name of such person in their fiduciary capacity. The votes of memberships which are held by receivers may be voted by such receivers, and memberships under the control of a receiver may be voted by the receiver without the transfer thereof into the receiver's name if authority to do so is contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.