Post by Poor Richard on Mar 26, 2021 10:31:56 GMT -7
2020 Annual Election to Resume on May 1, 2021
It appears that the 2020 Annual Election will resume on May 1st, 2021. Director Brockett emailed the Glastonbury Landowner's Association Board on March 26 with the following message:
To the GLA Board:
I submitted a petition from landowners on December 30, 2020 asking for a Special Meeting of the Members with the purpose of resuming the 2020 Annual Election. The GLA Board has failed to hold that meeting.
Under the power invested in me by Montana Annotated Code 35-2-527 I hereby declare that the 2020 Annual Election will resume on Saturday May 1st, 2021.
The location is tentatively at 129 Sagittarius Skyway in South Glastonbury. The meeting will begin at 10 AM and end at Noon. It is my understanding that enough absentee ballots have already been collected to produce a quorum.
Votes will be tabulated after the polls close at noon.
The resumption of the Election should be a Board function and should be supported by every director. I encourage the GLA Board to accept my lead and hold the Election at Emigrant Hall; a location more convenient for many landowners. I also encourage the Board to oversee and provide guidance and labor for the Election. However I am prepared to enlist volunteers and hold it at my place since state law allows me to do that.
Please let me know within 3 days what you decide. Then proper notice can be given to the landowners as to the time and location.
Sincerely,
Director Tim Brockett
I submitted a petition from landowners on December 30, 2020 asking for a Special Meeting of the Members with the purpose of resuming the 2020 Annual Election. The GLA Board has failed to hold that meeting.
Under the power invested in me by Montana Annotated Code 35-2-527 I hereby declare that the 2020 Annual Election will resume on Saturday May 1st, 2021.
The location is tentatively at 129 Sagittarius Skyway in South Glastonbury. The meeting will begin at 10 AM and end at Noon. It is my understanding that enough absentee ballots have already been collected to produce a quorum.
Votes will be tabulated after the polls close at noon.
The resumption of the Election should be a Board function and should be supported by every director. I encourage the GLA Board to accept my lead and hold the Election at Emigrant Hall; a location more convenient for many landowners. I also encourage the Board to oversee and provide guidance and labor for the Election. However I am prepared to enlist volunteers and hold it at my place since state law allows me to do that.
Please let me know within 3 days what you decide. Then proper notice can be given to the landowners as to the time and location.
Sincerely,
Director Tim Brockett
From Montana Annotated Code 35-2-527. Special meeting.
(1) A corporation with members shall hold a special meeting of members:
(a) on the call of its board or of the person authorized to do so by the articles or bylaws; or
(b) except as provided in the articles or bylaws of a religious corporation, if the holders of at least 5% of the voting power of any corporation sign, date, and deliver to any corporate officer one or more written demands for the meeting that describe the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held.
(2) For purposes of determining whether the 5% requirement of subsection (1) has been met, the record date is at the close of business on the 30th day before delivery of the demand or demands for a special meeting to any corporate officer.
(3) If a notice for a special meeting demanded under subsection (1)(b) is not given pursuant to 35-2-530 within 30 days after the date the written demand is delivered to a corporate officer, regardless of the requirements of subsection (4), a person signing the demand or demands may set the time and place of the meeting and give notice pursuant to 35-2-530.
(4) Special meetings of members may be held in the state or out of the state, at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If a place is not stated or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, special meetings must be held at the corporation's principal office. Member participation and presence at a special meeting must be the same as allowed under 35-2-526(7).
(5) Only those matters that are within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by 35-2-530 may be conducted at a special meeting of members.
We will keep you posted as events unfold.