§421-12  General and special meetings; howcalled.  Within thirty days after the incorporation of an association themembers thereof shall hold an organization meeting at a time and place fixed bythe temporary board of directors.  Not less than ten days' written noticethereof shall be given to each member.  An association may provide in itsbylaws for one or more regular meetings each year, which may be held within theState at the time and place designated in the bylaws.  Special meetings of themembers may be called by the board of directors, and it shall be their duty tocall the meetings when ten per cent of the members file with the secretary apetition demanding a special meeting and specifying the business to beconsidered at the meeting.  Notice of all meetings, except as otherwiseprovided by law or the articles or bylaws, shall be mailed to each member atleast ten days prior to the meeting, and in case of special meetings the noticeshall state the purposes for which it is called, but the bylaws may requirethat all notices, except of proposed amendments to the articles shall be givenby publication, in a periodical published by or for the association, to whichsubstantially all its members are subscribers, or in a newspaper or newspaperswhose combined circulation is general in the State in which the associationoperates. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-13; HRS §421-12]