Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this
section —
independent director means a director who is an
employee of the co-operative or a person qualified as provided by the rules;
member director has the meaning given to that term
in section 199(1).
(2) Meetings of the
board of directors must be held at least once every 3 months and may be
held as often as may be necessary.
(3) A meeting of the
board of directors may be called by a director giving notice individually to
every other director.
(4) The board of
directors may hold meetings, or allow directors to take part in its meetings
by telephone, video link, or another form of communication that allows
reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between the directors
taking part in the meeting.
(5) A quorum of a
meeting of the board of directors is 50% of the number of directors or a
greater number of directors specified in the rules of the co-operative.
(6) For a quorum, the
member directors must outnumber the independent directors by at least one, or,
if a greater number is stated in the rules of the co-operative, the greater
number.
(7) The chairman of
the board may be elected either by the board or at a general meeting of the
co-operative, and is to be elected, hold office, and retire, and may be
removed from office, as provided by the rules of the co-operative.