Guest sheri Posted September 19, 2012 at 12:42 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 12:42 PM We have a small board of 8 and had 7 at a meeting. We had 4 votes and 3 abstain.....Is this a legal vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 19, 2012 at 12:48 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 12:48 PM Why wouldn't it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted September 19, 2012 at 12:52 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 12:52 PM the person that it was about is saying that the abstained votes don't count??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheri Posted September 19, 2012 at 01:04 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 01:04 PM so we did not have a quarum for it to be a legal vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted September 19, 2012 at 01:09 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 01:09 PM The quorum is the number of members required to be present to conduct business. The vote required to adopt a motion is a different concept altogether. Dont' conflate the two things.If Robert's Rules carry the day the motion is adopted if the 4 voted yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted September 19, 2012 at 01:11 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 01:11 PM so we did not have a quarum for it to be a legal vote?Unless your rules require unanimous attendance to achieve quorum , I'd say 7 out of 8 attending should do the trick.Quorum has to do with the number of members who are present, not the number who vote. Under the rules in RONR, if only one person voted, that would be enough to make the decision (it doesn't matter if all the others present sit on their hands). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted September 19, 2012 at 01:14 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 01:14 PM the person that it was about is saying that the abstained votes don't count???Under the rules in RONR, abstentions don't count (they are not votes). The outcome of the vote depends entirely on the votes of the people who actually voted. You haven't actually said how those 4 people voted, so we can't say what the outcome of the vote was.edited to add:Ummm... what do you mean by "the person that it was about"? What kind of motion was before the assembly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMargaret Posted September 19, 2012 at 02:17 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 02:17 PM By default, RONR would accept this as a legal vote - there was a quorum according to the rules of RONR, and a majority of those voting and present voted in favour of the motion.Your bylaws, however, take priority over RONR. Your bylaws may require something that is different than what RONR requires, such as a majority vote of board positions filled - so not just those present and voting, but everybody. You will have to check your own bylaws, to see if they have language that conflicts with the default rules of RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted September 19, 2012 at 02:28 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 02:28 PM . . . a majority of those voting and present voted in favour of the motion.They did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deb Posted September 19, 2012 at 02:37 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 02:37 PM Back in may we had a meeting in which the board was to vote on a union contract for the workers of the business, since 3 of the 7 members were union members of the same union - they felt as though they would need to abstain in order to be impartial for the vote, however, the remaining members present voted to approve the contract. is this a legal vote? The members that abstained were doing so to be fair and impartial, otherwise their votes would have be in favor of the contract. Since this was done in good faith, how would the vote carry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted September 19, 2012 at 03:01 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 03:01 PM A vote of 4-0 adopts the motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted September 19, 2012 at 03:05 PM Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 at 03:05 PM . . . how would the vote carry?If Robert's Rules carry the day the motion is adopted if the 4 voted yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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