185.32 Directors; meetings, quorum and waiver of notice.
185.32
185.32 Directors; meetings, quorum and waiver of notice.185.32(1)
(1) Meetings of the board shall be held at such place and upon such notice as is prescribed in or pursuant to the bylaws.185.32(2)
(2) Unless a greater number is required in the bylaws, a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business. Unless a greater number is required in the bylaws, an act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board.185.32(3)
(3) A signed waiver of notice of a board meeting is equivalent to personal notice to the person so signing. The waiver may be signed at any time. Attendance at a meeting is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a director attends the meeting and objects thereat to the transaction of business because the meeting was not lawfully convened.185.32(4)
(4) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, the purposes of any meeting of the board need not be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.185.32(5)
(5)185.32(5)(a)
(a) Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, the board may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting or in a committee meeting, including an executive committee meeting, of the board by, or to conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which any of the following occurs:185.32(5)(a)1.
1. All participating directors may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting.185.32(5)(a)2.
2. All communication during the meeting is immediately transmitted to each participating director, and each participating director is able to immediately send messages to all other participating directors.185.32(5)(b)
(b) If a meeting will be conducted through the use of any means described in par. (a), all participating directors shall be informed that a meeting is taking place at which official business may be transacted. A director participating in a meeting by any means described in par. (a) is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. If requested by a director, minutes of the meeting shall be prepared and distributed to each director.185.32 - ANNOT.
History: 1989 a. 308; 1991 a. 16.