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Results
Original question:
No Panel or Comittee can make decisions when no quorum (minimum attendance) is 'present'.
There have been different interpretations of what a proper quorum should be for on-line presence of Officers.
You are asked to determine what the quorum for your Panel and committees should be:
1. 100% of those elected(when enough time is given on-line presence is always possible)
2. 80% of those elected
3. 75% of those elected
4. 60% of those elected
Quorum rules
Total number of voters: 69
| Vote |
Number of Votes |
Percentage |
| 100% |
7 |
10.1449% |
| 60% |
21 |
30.4348% |
| 75% |
27 |
39.1304% |
| 80% |
14 |
20.2899% |
Comments:
- Options missing: classic definitions of quorum (50%, 51%, 'half plus 1', etc).
- again, part of by-laws
- We must allow some leeway for personal indisposition
- QUORUM should mean that 50% of the panel has voted for a motion - regardless of NO votes or ABSTAINs. The TOTAL NUMBER of YES votes should be 50% + 1 (the others do not matter)
- 60% is enough for quorum for routine purposes; the Constitution should, however, require that certain important matters be by decision of the majority of the whole membership of the body in question.
- But subject, as always, to the requirement, that *must* be embedded in the constitution, that all decisions made by elected officers, etc, may be over-ruled by the membership.
- Action with a majority present should be sufficient.
- Quorum definition should vary by a predifined set of issue classes
- regularly scheduled IRC meetings would help tremendously
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