(a) Special members’ meetings of the members may be called by:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-38-511

  • Address: means mailing address, including a zip code. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • Cooperative: means an association organized under this title conducting business on a cooperative plan as provided under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • Majority: means , with respect to a vote of the members, if voting on a per capita basis, a majority in number of the members entitled to vote on a specific matter, or if the voting is determined otherwise, a majority of the voting interest, which may be expressed as a percentage, entitled to vote on a specific matter, and with respect to a vote of the directors, a majority in number of the directors entitled to vote on a specific matter. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • Member: means a person or entity reflected on the books of the cooperative as the owner of governance rights of a membership interest of the cooperative and includes patron and nonpatron members. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • Patron: means a person or entity who conducts patronage business with the cooperative. See Tennessee Code 43-38-103
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) A majority vote of the board; or
(2) The written petition of at least twenty percent (20%) of the patron members, twenty percent (20%) of the nonpatron members or twenty percent (20%) of all members collectively, submitted to the chair.
(b) The cooperative shall give notice of a special members’ meeting by mailing the special members’ meeting notice to each member personally at the person‘s last known post office address or an alternative method approved by the board and the member individually or the members generally. For a member that is an entity, notice mailed or delivered by an alternative method shall be to an officer of the entity. The special members’ meeting notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the special members’ meeting. The special members’ meeting notice shall be issued within ten (10) days from and after the date of the presentation of a members’ petition, and the special members’ meeting shall be held within thirty (30) days after the date of the presentation of the members’ petition.
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