Chapter VII Meetings
Article 33
The general meetings of members(representatives)shall be held on a regular or provisional basis and shall be convened by the chairman of the board of directors.
The regular meetings of farmers associations at all levels shall be held once(1)per annum. A provisional meeting shall be convened at the request made by more than one-third(1/3)of the association members(representatives)or when considered necessary by the board of directors.
Provided that the chairman of the board of directors fails to convene the aforementioned provisional meeting within ten(10) days following the request, those who originally proposed the provisional meeting may apply to the competent authorities for an order to convene the meeting.
A base-level farmers association, in consideration of difficulty in convening a general meeting of members due to the huge number of members, may have the farming task forces electing representatives to convene a general meeting of representatives and exercise the powers on behalf of the general meeting of association members, the rules and regulations of which shall be established by the central-level competent authorities.
Before provincial farmers association being merged into national farmers association, the meetings shall be held under Paragraph 1-3.
Article 34
The meeting of the board of directors shall be convened by the board chairman of a farmers association, and the meeting of the board of supervisors shall be convened by the standing supervisor, with the meetings to be presided over by the conveners, respectively. The number of meetings to be convened shall be provided in the charter of organization of the farmers association.
Article 35
The farming task force under a farmers association shall hold at least one(1)task force meeting per annum, which shall be convened and presided over by the task force chief.
Article 36
The general meeting of members(representatives)and the meetings of board directors or supervisors of a farmers association shall, unless otherwise provided for in this Act, call each for a forum of more than one-second(1/2)of the total, and any resolution therein shall be adopted by a vote with endorsement from a one-second(1/2)majority of the attendants actually present.
Except a case involving the appointment of a general manger, provided that two consecutive meetings as mentioned above are attended by less than one-second(1/2)of the total, a third (3rd)meeting may be held if attended by more than one-third (1/3)of the total unless the number of the required attendants is smaller than three(3).
Article 37
On the issues provided in the following, resolutions shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the attendants in a general meeting of members(representatives)attended by more than two- thirds(2/3) of the total members(representatives)of a farmers association:
1. Adoption or revision of the charter of organization;
2. Penalty against members;
3. Recall of elected personnel;
4. Fund-raisings;
5. Disposal of properties;
6. Other major issues related to the rights and obligations of association members.