From keeping board meeting minutes to ensuring conversations remain on topic, here are some tips on how to host an annual shareholder meeting. Shareholder meetings can be held on short-term notice if the required number of shareholders have agreed to attend the meeting in such a short period of time.Advance notice bylaw provisions are intended to require a stockholder to provide prior notice to a corporation of a stockholder's director nominees or business. Corporations typically hold several required formal meetings each year. The exact requirements vary depending on state laws and your corporation's bylaws. Resolutions of the board of directors of a New York corporation relating to holding the corporation's annual shareholders' meeting. The bylaws for most boards state that board members should get regular notice of all board meetings.