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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2009
• Description: WSP Section - Animas La Plata
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

waiWer. Furt~t~r, ~~epres~l7tative`s ~r ~lt~~te'~ attend~nce ai or participativn in a meeEing shall
waive the any reyuired notice to himlher or the Membcr of the meeting unless at the beginning of
che meeting, nr pramptly upan hislher later arr~~a~, the representati~e ar alternatc obj~.r.ts tn
h~iding the meetin~ or transacting business at the meetin~ hecau~e of lack a£ nQtice ~r defective
notice and dc~s n~t thereaR~r ~vte far vr assent ta action taken at the meeting. Neither the
husiness tU t~ tra~is~xcted at, nor th4 purpc~sc of, any regular ar special meeting afthc
Management C:nmmittee need be specitied in the natice or waiver af n~tice af such meeting.
3.2.3.2 'T`elephani~ Meetin~s. The Mariagement C'nm~r-ittee may
permit ~ay representati~e {or alternate) of a Member to pariicipate in a meeiing af the
M~n~~;em~ni C~mmitt~ thrau~h the use afariy means of communi~atian hy which a11
n:presentati~es{or alternates} parti~ipating in ine meeting can hear eact~ ather during the meetin~,.
A repr~cntati~e {nr a~ternate) participatir~g in a meeting in this m~nner is decme~ ta be present
in p~:t~~n at thc mc.-~tin~.
3:?.3.3 Quorwn and Activn. A quorum stfall be required far actian
b~~ the Ma~a~;ement Committee on hehalf nf the Ass~~iatian. Repr~scntati~es or aiternates af a
m~z~arity vf the Mem~rs shall canstitute a quorum. Unce a quon.~m is eslablish~~ at a meeting,
there shall rernain a ~}unn.im until all business at that rneeting is camplete. Actian by thc
Managennent Cammit#ee shall require the affirmative ~ote nf a majnrity vf the Mernber
representati~ves {nr alternates) present, excegt that amendment tn the ~perations Principles shall
be in acrordance with Sectian 4.6. `There shall be nv praxies ar prc~xy ~~ting ~llvwed. In the
err~nt ot' a~ emergency, the vperator hired hy the Managetnent Cammittee shall be autharia.ed to
art nn bchalfafthe Assnciation to pratect the safety and inte~;rity ofthe A1,P tacilities.
3.?.3.4 Presurnptian of Assent. A representati~e [nr ~~tcrnate} vf a
M~mher wha is present at a meeting vf the Mana~;ement Cnmmitt~e at which a~tion is taken
shal! be presumed tn ~ve assented to a~l actior~ taken at the meeting unless {I) thc representative
tvr alternate) obje~ts at the ~eginning afthe meeting, ar promptly u~n his arri~al, to ihe h~lciing
^f'the meeting or the transactian afbusiness at the meetir~ and does nnt thereafter vote for or
assti:nt to any action caken at the tne~ting, (ii) the representati~e {or a]ternateJ contempc~rane~usly
n~yuests that his dissent nr ahstentinn as to any specific aciian taken be entered in the minutes af
the me~tin~, nr (iii) the representati~e (or altetnate} causes written natice of his dissent ar
abstentinn as ta any specitic action to i~e recei~~d by the presidir~g officer vT the meeting betare
its adjournrr~ent, or by the Secretary promptly after the adjaumment of the meeting. A
representative ~or altemate~ may dissent to a specif~c arti~n a# a meeting, while assenting to
athers.
3.?.4 Manner of Actin . Any action required or permitted to be taken by
th~ Mana~:ement Cammittee shall vnly ~e takeri at a rr~eeting af the Mana~enrzent Committee af~er
pruper natice. Na infarmal actian 6y representati~es [or alternates) without a meeting shall be
valid, and na such action ~ar~ be suhs~qe~ently ratitied ~y the Ma.nagement Lommittee. Actian by
the Management Ct~mmittee pursuant to Sec#ian 3.2.3.3 shaii cvnstitute ~ctivn of the
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