§432:2-202  Location of office, meetings,communications to members, grievance procedures.  (a)  The principal officeof any domestic society shall be located in this State.  The meetings of itssupreme governing body may be held in any state, district, province orterritory wherein such society has at least one subordinate lodge, or in suchother location as determined by the supreme governing body.  All businesstransacted at such meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if suchmeetings were held in this State.  The minutes of the proceedings of thesupreme governing body and of the board of directors shall be in the Englishlanguage.

  (b)(1)  A society may provide in its laws for an officialpublication in which any notice, report, or statement required by law to begiven to members, including notice of election, may be published.  Suchrequired reports, notices and statements shall be printed conspicuously in thepublication.  If the records of a society show that two or more members havethe same mailing address, an official publication mailed to one member isdeemed to be mailed to all members at the same address unless a member requestsa separate copy.

(2)  Not later than June 1 of each year, a synopsis ofthe society's annual statement providing an explanation of the facts concerningthe condition of the society thereby disclosed shall be printed and mailed toeach benefit member of the society or, in lieu thereof, such synopsis may bepublished in the society's official publication.

(c)  A society may provide in its laws or rulesfor grievance or complaint procedures for members. [L 1987, c 347, pt of §2]