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BYLAWS " A nonprofit corporation organized r.; pursuant to the laws of the State of Nc,,'ads.. AR'I1CLE ( ORGANI7.ATION SJ.:cnON l. The CoJorcl(lo River Water Users AsS(X:iatiOll. hereinafter called as..'iOCiatiou. is a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada 011 December 6. 1968. for e.ducaUollal or general charitable and l.. eleemosynary p"~s ~(' -~-~ , T ~ , l SECTION II. '(be Princtpal office of the,.-- Association shall be loeated at the offices of the Colorado RI\"cr CommL~ioD of NenuJa' in Ll.... Vega..... Nevada. The a...;soda'Uon may- have other offices both ,..ithiu wul \\i.thout the Stale. of Nevada a... may be spectfloo'by the Board of Trustees. hereinafter called board, _$_ECTIQN Ill. --'The.Association mn!l have a boan:1 and ofTlcers and agents as hereinafter prescribed. The boat'll' ;may re,quire any officer or agent 10 me \'oith\ the a...;stx:iatiou a satisfactory bond conditioned upon faithful perfonllUllc-c of duties, J ''Trust.ees'' ami "Directors" shall be SYIIOIl~nous. . SECfION IV. Robert's Rules of Doler shaH govem all meetings of the trusfees, officers and memhers of the 'a.~<;ociaUon. ' sr...cnON V. These are the. Association's original hyla,,,'S as amended November 20, 1969. December 12, HJ76. December 14, 1984, December 10. 1986.; Dec..emocr 7, 1989, aud Decembe.r 9. 199'l ami which mayoc, further amended by at least a two- thirds majority vo1c of the trustees present at any regular me:eung of the boanl or a special me-t,.ting of the"-' board ('alle.u spt.'Clficully for that. PWl)()6f?, or by at. teast two-thinls majorit.y vote of the memhe.rs pr~nt at an annual meet1I1~ of the members or a SIX'Cial me.e~ of the, memocrs called spectfic.aJly for the purpose; provided. however. that quorums Wl.,.re pre..-.ent WId that no amendment so made shall aHer the qualifications or tenns of offit.'e of any fncumbe.nt trust('(" or officer, 'ARTICLE II Ml~'mm{sIIIPS I SECTION L Membership .hall be dlvlded into thre.e classes as follows: (a) Illdh.tduaJ membership6, which may be held by 1x7s011S tlltereste.d in the beneficial use lof '\'atee from the Colorado River System. (b) Organization. membership;. which may be held by water users' associations, ~iriigation_ distriCts._ canal or ditch companies. '. recliullatioll orgiwizatlous. chic c1ulllS. chambers oL commerce, and th. -, o Cl:-.USSO<.~taUons or organizations ,.....:substantially interested in the use of water from thej Colorado River System. I ,.... h (c) Honorary memberships. which '-\ may__~~ cxteudt'A:l, to. United States---L senators and I congressmen. i governors. state w'ata boards. state farm bun;;'us and state engineers. and others. subJed to the approval of the boan!, I ~ ARTICL,! III MEE11NfS OF MEMIlEHS .,'~ SECTION~r;\lUIUlu' m~tJllg-o( l11e',i'~bt..rs: ~. ~ An annual me.cUng of th~ memhers shall be. held io Nm'ember" or December of e.ueh t year, or at such other! tJme a--~ may be .}. detcmullc.d by the board. The purrj(~s of ~ the atutual me~t.htg! sluill he the cIccUo~ ,of ...l tht~ ll...'iS(x:taUon S tnIstees a.1ld officers and "l the tran~tioll of such' other- business us ~' may he properly I, ,brought lx:fore the . meeting. SIX'Cial lU'eetlngs of the metithers may he called by the boanl when deemed nt"A'e..";'.<;aC}. and advisable. No bustnes... may be transacted at allY atlllual or SPt'ctal meeting of the m~mlx~rs uWcsS.a quorum ,is prescnL A majOrity of the number of the association's rue.mbcrs shall ("-onstJtute. a quorum. Each 'member shan have the privileges of the floor and one "ote. " ! . .... ~ ~ SI<:cI10N II. IA~laycd illlllUUJ lIle.("ting. If or any re.a..t(~u the annual meeting of the members shull not be held at the time alxJ"e designated. such meeUng may be ('.all",,? and held a... a special meeting aud the same pI"()(xedings held at an allnual me.etillg. 1'1 I