Section 611. Qualification of voters; fixing record date to determine eligibility to vote; voting entitlement  


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  • (a) The by-laws may provide or, in the absence of such provision,  the
      board  may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for the purpose of
      determining the members entitled to notice of any meeting of members  or
      any  adjournment  thereof. Such record date shall not be more than fifty
      nor less than ten days before the date of the meeting.
        (b) Any member in  good  standing,  otherwise  eligible  to  vote,  is
      entitled  to  vote  at  any  meeting  of  members,  except  that, if the
      certificate of incorporation or the by-laws so provide, the by-laws  may
      provide  or,  in the absence of such provision, the board may fix a date
      as the record date for the purpose of determining the  members  entitled
      to  vote  at  any  meeting  of members or any adjournment thereof, or to
      express consent to or dissent from any proposal without  a  meeting,  or
      for   the  purpose  of  determining  members  entitled  to  receive  any
      distribution or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose  of  any
      other  action  by  the  members. Such record date shall not be more than
      fifty nor less than ten days before the date of the meeting.
        (c) If the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws provide  for  a
      record  date,  as  authorized  by  paragraph  (b), and no record date is
      fixed:
        (1) The record date for the determination of members entitled to  vote
      at  a  meeting  of  members shall be at the close of business on the day
      next preceding the day on which notice is given, or,  if  no  notice  is
      given, the day on which the meeting is held.
        (2) The record date for determining members for any purpose other than
      that  specified in subparagraph (1) shall be at the close of business on
      the day on which  the  resolution  of  the  board  relating  thereto  is
      adopted.
        (d) When a determination of members of record entitled to notice of or
      to  vote  at  any  meeting  of members has been made as provided in this
      section, such determination shall  apply  to  any  adjournment  thereof,
      unless  the  board  fixes  a  new record date under this section for the
      adjourned meeting.
        (e) In any case in which a member is entitled to vote, he  shall  have
      no  more than, nor less than, one vote; except that if a corporation has
      an organization as a member, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws
      may  provide  that  such  organization  shall  be  entitled   to   votes
      substantially proportionate to its membership.