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...All assets, property, funds, and rights or interests, at law or in equity, of any unincorporated nonprofit association shall be subject to judgment, execution, and other process. A money judgment against an unincorporated nonprofit association shall be enforced only against the association as an entity and shall not be enforceable against the property of any manager or member of the association.

...r an entity of the agent's type to transact business or exercise privileges in this state. The statement appointing an agent shall set forth the name of the unincorporated nonprofit association and the name and address in this state of the agent, including the street and number or other particular description, and shall otherwise be in the form that the secretary of state prescribes. The secretary of state sha...

...In an action or proceeding against an unincorporated nonprofit association, a summons and complaint or other process may be served on an agent authorized by appointment to receive service of process or a manager of the association or in any other manner authorized by the law of this state.

...An action or proceeding against an unincorporated nonprofit association does not abate merely because of a change in its members or managers.

...rwise provided by law, the venue of an action against an unincorporated nonprofit association brought in this state shall be determined under the statutes applicable to an action brought in this state against a nonprofit corporation.

...A member of an unincorporated nonprofit association is not an agent of the association solely by reason of being a member.

...ll, outside the ordinary course of its activities; (E) Dissolve under section 1745.50 of the Revised Code or merge or consolidate under section 1745.46 or 1745.461 of the Revised Code; (F) Undertake any other act outside the ordinary course of the association's activities if the association has annual gross receipts of less than twenty-five thousand dollars; (G) Determine the purposes of the association and, ...

...rt of a newsletter, magazine, or other publication regularly sent to members shall constitute a written notice or report if addressed or delivered to the member's address shown in the unincorporated nonprofit association's current list of members, or, in the case of members who are residents of the same household and who have the same address in the association's current list of members, if addressed or delive...

...corded in the association's membership records. (C) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, all rights and privileges of a member in an unincorporated nonprofit association and its property shall cease on termination of membership. (D) Whenever the number of members of an unincorporated nonprofit association that, under the law or its governing principles, must have a specified number of members is...

...sident; (2) The manager or managers by action at a meeting, or a majority of the managers acting without a meeting; (3) The lesser of ten per cent of the voting members or twenty-five of the voting members, unless the governing principles specify for that purpose a smaller or larger proportion or number, but not in excess of fifty per cent of the voting members; (4) Any other officers or persons that the gover...

...e member's address as it appears on the records of the unincorporated nonprofit association. If sent by means of authorized communications equipment, that notice shall be sent to the address furnished by the voting member for transmissions by authorized communications equipment. Notice of adjournment of a meeting need not be given if the place, if any, and the time to which it is adjourned and the procedure by ...

...shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the meeting. A transmission by authorized communications equipment that contains a waiver is a writing for purposes of this division. (B) If a member or manager attends a meeting described in division (A) of this section without protesting prior to or at the commencement of the meeting, then the lack of proper notice shall be considered to be a waiver by the m...

...for the authorization or taking of any action voted upon by the members, except that no action required by law or by the governing principles to be authorized or taken by a specified proportion or number of the voting members or of any class of voting members may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion or number.

...ote, consent, waiver, release, or other action. (B) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, voting at elections and votes on other matters may be conducted by mail or by the use of authorized communications equipment. (C) Participation by a member in a meeting through the use of any of the means of communication described in division (B) of this section constitutes presence in person of that member ...

... to the authorization or taking of any action by the members or the managers the governing principles require the vote, consent, waiver, or release of a greater proportion or number of the members or the managers than that otherwise required by law with respect to that authorization or taking of the action, the provisions of the governing principles shall control.

...The authorization or taking of any action by vote, consent, waiver, or release of the members may be rescinded or revoked by the same vote, consent, waiver, or release as at the time of rescission or revocation would be required to authorize or take that action in the first instance, subject to the contract rights of other persons.

...shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the unincorporated nonprofit association. Any certificate with respect to the authorization or taking of any action described in this division that is required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state shall recite that the authorization or taking of that action was in a writing or writings approved and signed as specified in this section. (B) Any t...

...(A) A person becomes a member of an unincorporated nonprofit association and may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled in accordance with the association's governing principles. If there are no applicable governing principles, a person may become a member or be suspended, dismissed, or expelled from an unincorporated nonprofit association by a vote of its members. A person may not be admitted as a member of an ...

...(A) A member may resign from membership in an unincorporated nonprofit association in accordance with the governing principles. In the absence of applicable governing principles, a member may resign at any time. (B) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, resignation of a member of an unincorporated nonprofit association does not relieve the member from any unpaid capital contribution, dues, asses...

...Except as otherwise provided in the governing principles, any interest or right of the member under the governing principles is not transferable.

...ement and conduct of the association's activities. (E) All matters relating to the association's activities are decided by its managers, except for those matters reserved for approval by members as specified in section 1745.18 of the Revised Code. (F) A difference among managers is decided by a majority of the managers.

...rs prepared or presented; (2) Counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters that the manager reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence; (3) A committee of the managers in which the manager does not serve, duly established in accordance with a provision of the governing principles as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the manager reasona...

...Unless otherwise provided in the governing principles, the following apply: (A) Meetings of the managers may be called by any two managers or by any chairperson, president, or vice-president of the unincorporated nonprofit association. (B) Meetings of the managers may be held at any place within or outside this state, including by means of authorized communications equipment, unless the governing principles p...

...vacancy in the position of manager. The act of a majority of the managers present at a meeting at which a quorum is present is the act of all of the managers, unless the act of a greater number is required by the governing principles.

... at the pleasure of the managers, shall act only in the intervals between meetings of the managers, and shall be subject to the control and direction of the managers. (D) Unless otherwise provided in the governing principles or ordered by the managers, any committee described in division (A) of this section may act by a majority of its members at a meeting or by a writing or writings signed by all of its member...