CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

 

This consent form (the “Consent Form”) is being provided to you as an Officer, Member and/or Director of United States of America Thalidomide Survivors, Inc., a California Nonprofit Corporation (the “Corporation”). You must provide an unrevoked consent to receive official communications from the Corporation by way of electronic means, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Corporation’s bylaws (the “Bylaws”), and §20, §21, §5510, and §5511of the California Corporations Code. This Consent Form will allow the Corporation to send you notice, including, but not limited to, meeting notices (general and special), as well as transact other official business of the Corporation which may require approval by Officers, Members and/or Directors via electronic means, including, but not limited to, ballots and related materials. In addition, this Consent Form will allow for meetings, both general and special, to be conducted by electronic transmission, including, but not limited electronic video screen communication (e.g., Zoom, Skype, iChat, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.) or any other electronic means whether now or hereafter after devised.

By accepting the terms of service (this Consent Form) you are consenting and acknowledging the following:

1.      You have the right to request and to receive written communications from the Corporation, including notices of meetings and all other matters of official business, by way of written, non-electronic means, such as regular mail, telephone, or any other method permitted by the Bylaws.

2.      You have the right to withdraw the consent at any time after signing and submitting this Consent Form to the Corporation. To withdrawal the consent provided in this Consent Form, you may mail your withdrawal of consent as provided in this Consent Form to the current Secretary of the Corporation, at 1223 Garden Street Apt. F Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

3.      You are consenting to receive ALL communications to and from the Corporation by way of electronic means, whether now or hereafter devised, which forms of communications include notices from the Corporation, voting, and conducting meetings of the Corporation.

4.      This Consent Form represents consent as required by §20 of the California Corporations Code.

5.      By consenting to receive communications by way of electronic mail, you have a valid email account and email address in your name, have access to such email account, and have provided the Corporation with your email address as listed below.

6.      You will keep the Corporation informed of any changes to the email address provided to the Corporation and ensure that the Corporation will have an up-to-date email address for you always.

 

7.      In compliance with §§20 and 21 of the California Corporations Code, a record of the communication that is transmitted by way of electronic transmission will be recorded in a manner capable of retention, retrieval, and review, and may thereafter be rendered into clearly legible tangible form. You have the right to have any such record provided or made available on paper or in a nonelectronic form.

8.      By consenting to participating to meetings of the Corporation by way of electronic transmission, such as electronic video screen communication, you have access to a device which will allow you to participate in any such meeting by way of electronic means (e.g., computer, tablet, or smart phone with video correspondence capabilities), including the ability to keep updated necessary software on any such device. The meetings of the Corporation may, but are not required to, be conducted by electronic transmission.

9.      This Consent will be applicable to you regarding any role or position you may hold with the Corporation at the time of your signing of this Consent Form and any future role or position you may hold with the Corporation.