(1) A membership corporation shall hold an annual meeting of members once during each fiscal year at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws.

(2) A membership corporation may hold regular meetings on a regional or other basis at times stated in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, annual and regular meetings of the members may be held in or out of this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws. If no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws, then annual and regular meetings shall be held at the membership corporation's principal office.

(4) The failure to hold an annual or regular meeting at the time stated in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate action.

(5) The articles or bylaws may provide that an annual or regular meeting of members may be held in a specified location and, if so provided under the articles or bylaws, through one or more means of remote communication through which members not physically present may participate in the meeting substantially concurrently, vote on matters submitted to the members, pose questions, and make comments. For any meeting at which one or more members may participate by means of remote communication, the corporation shall deliver notice of the meeting to each member by a means which the member has authorized and provide complete instructions for participating in the meeting by remote communication.

Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.