Accountability / Their Own Rules
ADAMS's own governing documents already require what the community keeps asking for.
Rule on the left. What we can see on the right.
Where the rules come from
The rules are quoted from ADAMS's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (2023)E27 and from the ADAMS Bylaws, version dated December 13, 2020.E28 Where the two conflict, the Articles take precedence; the financial-reporting sections quoted here do not conflict. Virginia law on members' inspection rights is summarized, not quoted.E30
Eight rules, and what members can see
The rules are listed here when the page's scripts have loaded. The sections quoted are also listed under E28 on the Evidence page.
What members can do under these rules
The steps are listed here when the page's scripts have loaded.
Not legal advice. We quote ADAMS's own documents and ask questions.
An audit each year, a budget, and books that members may inspect are already written into ADAMS's own rules. The questions are whether each is happening, and where members can see it.