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' <br />, <br />the Board receives legal advice to resolve a matter concerning pending or contemplated litigation, the Board may elect to preserve <br />' the attorney-client privilege in any appropriate manner, or it may elect to disclose such information, as it deems appropriate, in an <br />open meeting. <br />ARTICLE TWO: DIRECTORS AND DIRECTORS MEETINGS <br />, Section One. Election and Terms of Office. The terms of the Directors shall be fixed at lwo years. At the annual <br />meeting, Members shall elect two directors for two-year terms and in alternate years, three directors for two-year terms. At the <br />expiration of a term of office of each director, his or her successor shall be elected to serve for a term of two years. Directors shall <br />hold office until their successors have been elected and hold their first meetlng. The secret ballot procedure set out in Rules Article <br />, One, Section One shall be followed for the election of Directors at annual Members meetings. Following the annual meeting and at <br />the �rst meeting of the directors, the new board of directors shall elect a president, vice president and /or secretary and treasurer and <br />other o�cers as the board of directors may create, for a one year term at that position and be eligible for re-election. <br />Removal: Any director or directors may be removed by a majority vote of the SOA board or members entitled to <br />vote. The board may remove a director for cause and a successor shall be appointed by voting members at the next annual meeting. <br />� In the event of death or resignation of a director his successor shall be selected by the remaining members of the board and shall <br />service for the unexpired term. Upon the death, resignation or removal of a director, all property of SOA shall be retumed <br />immediately. <br />' $ection Two. Meetinas Ooen to Members. Shall be held when called by the president of the board or by any two (2) <br />directors, after not less than three (3) days notice to each director. <br />All meetings of the Board of Directors are open to every Member, or to any person designated by a Member in writing as the <br />Member's representative, and all Members or designated representatives so desiring shall be perrnitted to attend, listen and speak at <br />an appropriate time during the deliberations and proceedings; except that, for regular and special meetings of the Board, Members <br />� who are not Directors may not participate in any deliberation or discussion unless expressly so authorized by a vote of the majority of <br />a quorum of the Board. The Board may place reasonable time restrictions on those persons desiring to speak during the meeting but <br />shall permit a Member or Member's representative to speak before the formal action is taken on an item under discussion, in addition <br />to any other opportunities to speak. The Board shall provide for a reasonable number of persons to speak on each side of an issue. <br />Agendas for meetings of the Board of Directors shall be made reasonably available for examination by all Members or their <br />� representatives. The Board may provide the agendas in electronic form, such as by posting on a web site or othervvise, in addition to <br />providing the agendas in printed form. <br />Section Three. Minutes Minutes shall be taken at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The minutes shall be kept as <br />' permanent records and available for inspection and copying as provided in Rules Article Five. <br />Section Four Res�onsible Governance Policies. All members of the Board of Directors shall follow the Responsible <br />Govemance Policies set out in Rules Article Six. <br />� Section Five. Audit Policv. The Directors shall ensure that the books and records of the association are subject to an <br />audit, using generally accepted auditing standards, or a review, using statements on standards for accounting and review services, at <br />least once every two years by a person selected by the Directors. Such person need not be a certified public accountant except in <br />the case of an audit. <br />� <br />� <br />An audit is required by law only when both of the following conditions are met: <br />(1) the Association has annual revenues or expenditures of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars; and <br />(2) an audit is requested by the owners of at least one-third of the units represented by the association. <br />Copies of an audit or review shall be made available upon request to any Member no later than thirty days after its completion. <br />Section Six. Budaet Procedure. Within ninety (90) days after adoption of any proposed budget for SOA, the Board of <br />� Directors shall mail, by ordinary first class mail, or otherwise deliver a summary of the budget to all the Members and shall set a date <br />for a meeting of the Members to cbnsider the budget. Such meeting shall occur within a reasonable time after mailing or other <br />delivery of the summary, or as allowed for in the Bylaws. The Directors shall give notice to the Members of the meeting as required <br />by these Rules. The budget proposed by the Board of Directors will be deemed approved by the Members in the absence of a veto <br />' at the noticed meeting by a majority of all Members, whether or not a quorum is present. In the event that the proposed budget is <br />vetoed, the budget last proposed by the Board of Directors and not vetoed by the Members must be continued until a subsequent <br />budget proposed by the Board of Directors is not vetced by the Members. <br />ARTICLE THREE: OFFICERS <br />� D TIES: The board of directors must enforce the covenants. Legal action may be pursued if inembers do not keep their <br />property according to the covenants. The services of a lawyer can be called upon if deemed necessary. The board of directors must <br />reply to letters from members. Directors must follow up on all complaints from the members. The board of directors shall not be held <br />liable for any action taken to enforce the covenants. The board of directors shall keep corporate and financial records, and make <br />� annual reports to the members. They shall fix, change or amend any assessments as required to provide the association with <br />sufficient operating capital. The board of directors shall have an audit review of the financial records approximately 30 days before <br />' <br />� <br />