HPP Board 2014

[janet]

The three meetings labeled as invalid were Board meetings. Both recent membership meetings were valid, because a quorum of the members attended.


ARTICLE V – BYLAWS DEFINITIONS
Section 12. Quorum of the Membership. A majority of the members in good standing or 30 members in good standing, whichever is less.

ARTICLE VII – MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Section 3. Acts of the Association. The acts of a majority of the membership present at any membership meeting at which a quorum, as per Article V, Section 12, is present shall be the acts of the Association except as otherwise provided herein.

There is actually no provision in Article VII for participation of the Board in membership meetings. As one of the Directors informed members they were “guests” at Board meetings, so are Board members guests at membership meetings.

If a majority of the members present at a membership meeting at which there is a quorum of the membership vote in favor of a motion, it becomes an Act of the Association, i.e. binding on the Association and all its parts, just as an Act of the Board.

I’m not a scholar or legal expert. I am simply capable of reading and understanding English. There is no reason why all members of HPPOA cannot do exactly what I do with the Bylaws or HRS 414D.

I firmly believe that it is incumbent on all members to do so.