Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-17-217. Member meetings

(a) Meetings of members may be held at such place as may be designated by the board. In the absence of any such provision, all meetings shall be held in the principal office of the cooperative in this state.

(b) Annual meetings of the members shall be held at such time as may be designated by the board. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time shall not work forfeiture or dissolution of the cooperative.

(c) Special meetings of the members may be called by the president, or by the board of directors, and shall be called by the president upon petition signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of all the members.

(d) Written or printed notice, containing the place, day, and hour of the meeting of members and, in case of special meeting, the purpose for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not fewer than five (5) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, to each member of record entitled to vote as a member at the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mails, with postage prepaid, in a sealed envelope addressed to the member at his or her address as it appears on the records of the cooperative.

(e) Each member present in person at any meeting shall be entitled to one (1), and only one (1), vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members, but voting by mail or proxy may be provided for in the bylaws. Notwithstanding, the bylaws may require each member to vote in person on certain matters.