What wording to use to allow for electronic meeting/voting?

Curious what your Bylaws say that 'allows' Membership Meetings to do zoom/electronic meetings and to vote online?

Currently, my Bylaws say: "Meetings of the Corporation shall be held on the Property or as close to the Property as practicable"

many states during covid passed new laws that allowed nonprofits corporations to hold meetings virtually, I have read at least 4 or 5 states doing this on this very forum, you can google your own state to find out.
search for virtual,remote,electronic corporate meetings + STATE.

just becaause bylaws state you have to have a physical meeting, doesn't mean it can't be physical and virtual.

my bylaws state the meeting date and time, and voting to be done by written ballot, and our board has no issues with that.

generally residents only complain when rights are resitricted not enlarged.

My state has a statute that only addresses Board Meetings, allowing meetings by any means of communication. Nothing about Membership meetings

might want to list your state, get specific advice.

You do realize that many Bylaws were written before programs like ZOOM became a thing, don't you? In your case, one could interpret your bylaws as mandating live meetings somewhere on the property (e.g. clubhouse) or a location close to it, such as a public library. If we're getting nit-picky, it could be argued that many people are sitting at home on their computer or tablet during a Zoom meeting, so technically, the meeting IS on the property - it's just that everyone's at home (or in their garage, the backyard, etc.) It would be the same if there was a massive conference call, although some people might "attend "the thing while driving to or from work.

I didn't attend our annual meeting in 2020 (it was February just as everything was beginning to shut down), but our board made arrangements to host it on Zoom and the letter included the link. If memory serves, that meeting was live, but everyone had to social distance and wear a mask - can't remember if someone bought a digital thermometer to take everyone's temperatures.

The portion you offered up doesn't mention voting at all and since online voting is rapidly becoming a thing, you could always have homeowners vote on amending the Bylaws to allow for online voting and/or virtual meetings. I haven't asked my board about this, but I may do so because pandemics aren't the only reason this may be necessary - this is the Midwest and sometimes weather becomes a HUGE factor.

And as Justin noted, it's not about what OUR bylaws say because you don't live in our communities -check what YOUR state has to say and then discuss if you should update your documents accordingly. If a formal update isn't necessary, the board can always adopt a resolution stating annual meetings board meetings AND general homeowners' meetings can be held online when appropriate or necessary, or some such. If you allow for participation via phone (because some people don't have a computer or the internet), you should be ok.

Ours say:

"Telephonic participation. One or more directors may participiate in and vote during any regular or special meeting of the Board by telephone conference call or similiar comunication equipment by means of which all Persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time...."

and what about Meetings of the Membership, aka Annual and Special Meetings? This is what I'm specifically asking about.

are you talking about the Emergency Proclamation (https://www.governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/proc_20-51.11.pdf) or 24.03.075 (https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=24.03&full=true#24.03.075) or something else?

If the SOE proclamation, what happens when the SOE is over? then back to your regular bylaws...

as we all know, just because something is 'allowed' at a legislative level does not mean an HOA cannot control it further. That's why I'm looking for examples of bylaws that allow for remote/online meetings, to remove any possible conflict.

To be honest, I'm not really a legal expert. We do electronic meetings because our homeowners prefer them and a state law allows us to collect absentee ballots. We are aggressive with getting homeowners to meetings and aggressive with getting people to vote, so no one complains about lack of transparency with our association.

We might have a face to face meeting this winter, but we will continue to do electronic voting. Why? We met quorum without any door knocking this year, for the first time ever. Electronic voting is here to stay. We actually only had about 10-15 homeowners at our annual meeting since we met quorum prior to the meeting.

if the laws don't specifically say you CANNOT then by logical conclusion, you can.

cause online voting seems to generally give higher member participation and you seem to be in favor of the board making most decisions with little community input from your posts constantly calling me out for wanting to give the community more voice?

except when your governing documents specifically says it must be in person, aka cannot. Governing documents can be more restrictive than laws, but cannot conflict. Hence my question asking for examples of Bylaws that allow for electronic meetings.