1.1 Definitions
The following terms as used in these By-Laws shall have the following respective meanings:
A. "Amenities" shall mean those improved facilities constituting parts of the Common Properties owned by the POA and operated by the POA for the benefit of the community;
B. "Articles" shall mean and refer to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Big Canoe Property Owners Association, Inc., filed with the Georgia Secretary of State on May 15, 1987, as may be amended from time to time;
C. "Big Canoe" shall mean that certain real estate development community being developed under the name "Big Canoe" by the Developer situated in Dawson and Pickens Counties, Georgia as it now or hereafter exists;
D. "Board of Directors" or "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the POA;
E. "Common Properties" shall mean and refer to those tracts of land and any improvements thereon as defined in the Declaration;
F. "Declaration" shall mean the General Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of the Big Canoe Property Owners Association and Big Canoe Corporation dated October 9, 1972, as amended and supplemented from time to time;
G. "Developer" shall mean or refer to Big Canoe Company, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company , as successor in title to The Byrne Corporation of Georgia, which was the successor in title to Southeast Holding Company, Ltd., a South Carolina Corporation, together with its successors in interest as provided in the Declaration, if any;
H. "Member" shall mean any member of the POA as defined in Article V of the Articles; and
I. "POA" shall mean and refer to the Big Canoe Property Owners Association, Inc., a Georgia non-profit corporation.