N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 292: Notice of meeting for incorporation

§ 292. Notice of meeting for incorporation. Notice of a meeting for

the purpose of incorporating an unincorporated parish, congregation,

church, society or committee to which this article is applicable shall

be given as follows:

1. The notice shall be in writing and shall state in substance that a

meeting of the members of such church, congregation, parish, society or

committee will be held at a stated place, date and hour for the purpose

of incorporating, electing trustees and selecting a corporate name.

2. The notice shall also state that the appropriate ecclesiastical

authority has given sanction and permission, required under this

article, for the incorporation.

3. The notice must be signed by at least six persons of legal age who,

either from the time of the formation of said church or for a period of

at least one year have been communicants in canonical standing within

the Eastern Orthodox communion and are resident members of the parish,

church, society or committee which proposes to incorporate.

4. Such notice shall be publicly read, by the minister in charge of

such church or by one of the members signing the same, at two successive

regular meetings for public worship or at special meetings of said

parish or society on the two Sundays immediately preceding the meeting

for incorporation; and at least fifteen days before the meeting for

incorporation, a copy of such notice shall be posted at the place of

worship or at the place where such special meetings are to be held.