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New Hampshire Member's General Proxy for Meetings of the Members of a Nonprofit Corporation
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A Proxy Form is a document by which a registered member of a company appoints another person (the proxy) to attend a company meeting and vote on the member's behalf. Every member of a company that is entitled to attend and vote at company meetings can either vote in person or through a proxy.
A: The short answer to your question is that members of the board of directors cannot use proxies to vote at board meetings when the director is not in attendance at the meeting. However, unit owners can use proxies to participate at membership meetings they do not physically attend.
Some organizations have non-voting participants called honorary members. Any person who attends board meetings but does not have the right to vote is not considered an official board member. However, this practice is not recommended because these individuals can be held liable for the board's decisions.
In the world of meetings proxy means a substitute sent by a members to attend a meeting on his behalf. The idea comes from the Companies Act. Sec. 176 of the Act provides that a member of a company is entitled to send another person to attend a meeting and to vote on his behalf.
Definitions of a Board Meeting Proxy A proxy is a written statement by a shareholder (or unit owner, in the case of a homeowner association) that authorizes a specific other person to vote the shareholder's shares or common interests at a shareholder or special interest meeting.
A member can appoint any other person to act as his proxy; it does not have to be another shareholder of the company. In practice, where the voting at a general meeting is to be held on a poll rather than a show of hands, many shareholders opt to appoint the chairman of the meeting to be their proxy.
Appointment of a proxy Under Section 105(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter, CA), any member who is entitled to attend and vote in a company meeting can appoint a proxy.
In all probability, no. Unless your state nonprofit corporation law provides specific statutory authority for proxy voting by directors (and only a few provide some limited authority to do so), the general rule is that directors may not vote by proxy.
A member may terminate his proxy's authority to attend, vote and speak at a general meeting at any given point. For further guidance on a member's right to appoint a proxy, see Practice Note: Appointing a proxy.
A proxy is an agent legally authorized to act on behalf of another party or a format that allows an investor to vote without being physically present at the meeting.
