                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS; HOW CALLED (§ 13.1-323)

After the incorporation of an association the members thereof shall hold an
organization meeting at a time and place fixed by the board of directors named
in the articles of incorporation and shall adopt a set of bylaws. Not less than
ten days&#8217; written notice thereof shall be given to each member. An
association may provide in its bylaws for one or more regular meetings each
year. Special meetings of the members may be called by the board of directors,
and it shall be their duty to call such meetings when ten percent of the members
file with the secretary a petition demanding a special meeting and specifying
the business to be considered at such meeting. Regular or special meetings may
be held within or without the Commonwealth. Notice of all meetings, except as
otherwise provided by law or the articles of incorporation or bylaws, shall be
mailed to each member at least ten days prior to the meeting. In the case of
special meetings the notice shall state the purposes for which it is called. The
bylaws may provide that all notices shall be given by publication in a
periodical published by or for the association, to which substantially all its
members are subscribers, or in a newspaper or newspapers whose combined
circulation is general in the territory in which the association operates.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 13-265; 1950, c. 238; 1956, c. 428; 1989, c. 577.