Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 193 - Unincorporated cooperative associations.
193.531 - Virtual members' meetings and attendance.

193.531 Virtual members' meetings and attendance.
(1) Construction and application. This section shall be construed and applied as follows:
(a) To facilitate remote communication consistent with other applicable law.
(b) To be consistent with reasonable practices concerning remote communication and with the continued expansion of those practices.
(2) Virtual members' meetings and attendance. To the extent authorized in the articles or bylaws or, unless prohibited by the articles or bylaws, in a member control agreement, and as determined by the board, a members' meeting may be held such that all members participate in the meeting by a means of communication rather than by being physically present at the meeting. To the extent authorized in the articles or bylaws or, unless prohibited by the articles or bylaws, in a member control agreement, and as determined by the board, a member may participate in a members' meeting at which other members are physically present by a means of communication rather than by being physically present at the meeting. A meeting may be held or a member may participate in a meeting as authorized under this subsection only if the requirements of sub. (4) are satisfied. The number of members physically present at a meeting, if any, shall be added to the number of members otherwise participating in the meeting under this subsection to determine whether a quorum is present under s. 193.525, except that any member who objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and who fails to participate in the meeting after the objection may not be considered as present at the meeting for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present.
(4) Requirements for virtual meetings and attendance. All of the following apply to any meeting held under sub. (2):
(a) The cooperative shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person participating in the meeting by a means of communication is a member.
(b) The cooperative shall implement reasonable measures to provide each member participating in the meeting by a means of communication with a reasonable opportunity to actively participate, including an opportunity to do all of the following:
1. Read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with those proceedings.
2. If allowed by the procedures governing the meeting, have the member's remarks heard or read by other participants in the meeting substantially concurrently with the making of those remarks.
3. If otherwise entitled, vote on matters submitted to the members.
History: 2005 a. 441.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 193 - Unincorporated cooperative associations.

193.001 - Citation.

193.005 - Definitions.

193.105 - Use of term “cooperative" restricted.

193.111 - Filing fees and other requirements.

193.115 - Registered office and agent.

193.121 - Legal recognition of electronic records and signatures.

193.201 - Organizational purpose.

193.203 - Exceptions.

193.205 - Organizers.

193.211 - Cooperative name.

193.215 - Articles of organization and notice of mailing address.

193.221 - Amendment of articles.

193.225 - Conversion to cooperative.

193.231 - Curative filing.

193.241 - Bylaws.

193.245 - Cooperative records.

193.301 - Cooperative powers.

193.305 - Emergency powers.

193.311 - Agricultural product and commodity marketing contracts.

193.315 - Indemnification and insurance against securities law claims.

193.401 - Board governs cooperative.

193.405 - Number of directors.

193.411 - Election of directors.

193.415 - Removal of directors.

193.417 - Resignation of directors.

193.421 - Filling vacancies.

193.423 - Allocation of voting authority among directors.

193.425 - Board meetings.

193.431 - Quorum; presence of objecting director.

193.435 - Actions of the board.

193.441 - Actions without a meeting.

193.443 - Board authority concerning certain cooperative property.

193.445 - Audit committee.

193.451 - Committees.

193.455 - Conduct and liability of directors.

193.461 - Director conflicts of interest.

193.465 - Limitation of director's liability in articles or bylaws.

193.471 - Indemnification.

193.475 - Officers.

193.478 - Director Education.

193.501 - Members.

193.505 - Member liability.

193.511 - Regular members' meetings.

193.515 - Special members' meetings.

193.518 - Effect of insufficient notice.

193.521 - Certification of notice.

193.523 - Electronic notice.

193.524 - Revocation of electronic communication.

193.525 - Quorum at members' meeting.

193.531 - Virtual members' meetings and attendance.

193.535 - Actions of the members.

193.541 - Actions without a members' meeting.

193.545 - Member voting rights.

193.551 - Patron member voting based on patronage.

193.553 - Voting rights limited to members as of date certain.

193.555 - Voting rights of nonmembers.

193.557 - Voting of jointly owned membership interests.

193.559 - Cumulative voting by members.

193.561 - Voting by business entities, subsidiaries, legal representatives, and holders of security interests.

193.565 - Voting by proxy.

193.571 - Member authority concerning certain cooperative property.

193.601 - Membership interests.

193.605 - Cooperative securities.

193.611 - Assignment of financial rights.

193.615 - Nature and terms of a membership interest and statement of interest owned.

193.621 - Certificated membership interests.

193.625 - Replacement certificates.

193.631 - Restriction on transfer or registration of membership interests.

193.701 - Authorization, form, and acceptance.

193.702 - Valuation; presumption and liability.

193.705 - Restated value of previous contributions.

193.711 - Contribution agreements.

193.715 - Contribution rights agreements.

193.721 - Allocations of profits and distributions of cash and other assets.

193.725 - Allocations and distributions of profits to patron members.

193.731 - Member control agreements.

193.735 - Distribution of unclaimed property.

193.801 - Merger and consolidation.

193.805 - Merger of subsidiary or parent.

193.807 - Effective date; effect of merger or consolidation.

193.835 - Abandonment of merger.

193.905 - Voluntary dissolution; winding up.

193.911 - Revocation of dissolution proceedings.

193.925 - Court-supervised voluntary dissolution.

193.931 - Involuntary dissolution.

193.935 - Procedure in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution.

193.941 - Receiver qualifications and powers.

193.951 - Filing claims in involuntary or court-supervised voluntary dissolution proceedings.

193.955 - Discontinuance of court-supervised dissolution proceedings.

193.961 - Order of dissolution.

193.971 - Barring of claims.