RE: [atlarge-discuss] A Quorum By Any Other Name...

[Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>]

On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Hugh Blair wrote:

> > From: Walter Schmidt
> >
> > Taken From:
> >    http://www.csufresno.edu/comm/ppqa1.htm
> >
> > See the last paragraph...
> >
> > What, EXACTLY constitutes a quorum?
> >
> > Unless otherwise defined in bylaws or some other code, a quorum is a
> > majority of the members and the minimum number of members necessary to
> > transact legal business at a meeting. Beyond that, it gets
> > complicated.
>
> Maybe we've all been coming to this issue from the wrong side. Maybe
> the discussion should start with:
>
> How many "Y" votes are acceptable for a motion to pass in a Panel of 11?
> Now many "Y" votes are acceptable for a motion to pass the membership?
> Once those numbers are decided, then the 'quorum' can be determined.

   ...good idea

But first - we have those who say a quorum is (always) 2/3rds. My
referenced source says in the US "Unless otherwise defined in bylaws or
some other code, a quorum is a majority...." I found no source I can
reference that said it should be 2/3rds.

But what would we want?

With 11 we have 6 "Y" and 5 "N"

 - if we did 2/3rds "Y" we would have 4 + 3 or 7 as a quorum.
 - if we did 1/2...we would have 3 + 2 or 5 as a quorum.

Looking at 11

 - if we did 2/3rds we would have a quorum of 8.
 - if we did 1/2...we would have a quorum of 6.

For me, a quorum of 7 makes sense - realizing it's all subjective :)

As to our 1,000 - for the time being I would not set a quorum...

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