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265 or adoption of motion to do so), or by the Chairman or Vice- Chairman of the Authority, or upon the written request of at least three (3) Directors. 4. Notice of Meetings. Except as provided with respect to annual meetings, notice of the time and place of each meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given by mailing the same at least three (3) days in advance of the meeting date to the regular address of each Director and otherwise as required pursuant to Section 143-318.12 of the General Statutes as required of North Carolina, as amended. 5. Quorum, A majority of the membership of the Directors shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the Directors shall be necessary for any action taken by the Authority. No vacancy in the membership of the Authority shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all of the duties of the Authority. If at any meeting there is less than a quorum present, a majority??f the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice to any absent Director. 6~ Meetings to be Open to the Public, Subject only to lawfully recognized exceptions, all official meetings of the Directors, including committee meetings, shall be conducted openly in compliance with Article 33C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended. At each meeting of the Directors, the presiding officer shall devote an agenda item to hearing petitions and requests to the Directors from the public. When this agenda item is reached, the presiding officer shall determine whether any member of the public wishes to,petition or make any request of the Directors, and the DirectOrs/maY hear petitions and requests for such period as they deem appropriate. .The Directors encourage public attendance at all of their meetings.,~Only such discussion or participation by visiting persons as is invited by consent of the Directors shall be permitted at times other than when petitions and requests are being heard. 7. Duty to Vote, No Director shall be excused from voting, exgept~on matters involving consideration of his or her own official conduct or Where his or her financial or personal interests are involved, lb ARTICLE IV Officers 1. Designation. The officers of the Authority shall be a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers and assistant officers, with such powers and duties not inconsistent with these bylaws or applicable law, as may be elected by the Directors in accordance with law. Any two offices, except those of Chairman and Vice-Chairman Chairman and Treasurer, Chairman and Secretary, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer and Vice- Chairman and Secretary, may be held by the same person. Only the Chairman and Vice-Chairman are required to be members or Directors of .~the Autj~or,itY. 2. ~ Election and Terms, The officers provided for in section 1.. of 'this Article shall be elected at each annual meeting of the Directors and shall hold office until the next annual meeting or untiI their successors are elected and qualified. 3. Officer Succeeding Self. Any officer may be elected by the Directors. to succeed himself or herself in office, provided that the requirement that the Chairman and Vice-Chairman be members or Directors of the Authority be observed. 4~ ~' Chairman. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Directors and shall have and exercise such authority and perform s~¢h duties as shall be determined by the Directors. 5. ~ Vice-Chairman. At the request of the Chairman, or in the event~of ~the absence or disability of the Chairman, the Vice- Chairman shgll perform the duties and possess and exercise the authority of the Chairman; and the Vice-Chairman shall have such other powers and exercise such other authority and perform such other duties as shall be determined by the Directors.