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ARTICLE 9 - [RESERVED]
ARTICLE 10 - BOOKS, RECORDS AND REPORTS
Any Member in good standing shall have the right, for any proper purpose and at any reasonable time, on
written demand stating the purpose thereof, to examine and make copies from the relevant books and
records of accounts, minutes, and records of Members of the Corporation. Upon the written request of any
Member, the Corporation shall mail to such Member a copy of the most recent balance sheet and revenue
and disbursement statement. If such request is received by the Corporation before such financial statements
are available for its last fiscal year, the Corporation shall mail such financial statements as soon as they
become available. In any event, the financial statements must be mailed within four months after the close
of the last fiscal year. Additionally, balance sheets and revenue and disbursement statements shall be filed
in the registered office of the Corporation, shall be kept for at least five years, and shall be subject to
inspection during business hours by any Member, in person or by agent.
ARTICLE 11 - INDEMNIFICATIONS
Section 1. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, and advance
expenses to, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be
amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in
any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by
reason of the fact that he/she or a person for whom he/she is the legal representative, is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit
entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all expenses, liability, loss
reasonably incurred or suffered by such person. The Corporation shall be required to indemnify and advance
expenses to a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was
authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 2. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided however that the payment of expenses incurred by
a director or officer in his capacity as a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all the
amounts advanced if it should be determined that the director or officer is not otherwise entitled to be
indemnified under this Article or otherwise.
Section 3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in
full within ninety (90) days after written claim therefore has been received by the Corporation the claimant
may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be
entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any action the Corporation shall have the
burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expense
under applicable law.
Section 4. Non-exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be
exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision
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ARTICLE 10 - BOOKS, RECORDS AND REPORTS
Any Member in good standing shall have the right, for any proper purpose and at any reasonable time, on
written demand stating the purpose thereof, to examine and make copies from the relevant books and
records of accounts, minutes, and records of Members of the Corporation. Upon the written request of any
Member, the Corporation shall mail to such Member a copy of the most recent balance sheet and revenue
and disbursement statement. If such request is received by the Corporation before such financial statements
are available for its last fiscal year, the Corporation shall mail such financial statements as soon as they
become available. In any event, the financial statements must be mailed within four months after the close
of the last fiscal year. Additionally, balance sheets and revenue and disbursement statements shall be filed
in the registered office of the Corporation, shall be kept for at least five years, and shall be subject to
inspection during business hours by any Member, in person or by agent.
ARTICLE 11 - INDEMNIFICATIONS
Section 1. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, and advance
expenses to, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be
amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in
any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by
reason of the fact that he/she or a person for whom he/she is the legal representative, is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit
entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all expenses, liability, loss
reasonably incurred or suffered by such person. The Corporation shall be required to indemnify and advance
expenses to a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was
authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 2. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided however that the payment of expenses incurred by
a director or officer in his capacity as a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all the
amounts advanced if it should be determined that the director or officer is not otherwise entitled to be
indemnified under this Article or otherwise.
Section 3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in
full within ninety (90) days after written claim therefore has been received by the Corporation the claimant
may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be
entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any action the Corporation shall have the
burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expense
under applicable law.
Section 4. Non-exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be
exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision
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