Phillip Delacruz

Josh, Gary, and All, thank you so much for the thoughtful responses. I am attempting to amend the Bylaws to help quorum be set to "majority" or what is best recommended. The Council voting body typically is small -- fluctuating anywhere between 12 to 30 through the years. The exact language is as so: "Section 5. Quorum Thirteen (13) Council representatives or their alternates shall constitute a quorum excluding the ex-officio. A. No Council business shall be transacted without a quorum in attendance. B. Any legislative action may be made by a majority vote with the exception of the Bylaws amendments (see Article IX)." To recap, the bottleneck is that we may only have 13 active representatives in total. So how may I amend the bylaws to reflect something to the affect: "The majority vote by the Council representatives, or their alternates, shall constitute a quorum excluding the ex-officio." Do we need 100 percent voting in favor to amend the Bylaws as so? No other options to suspend?

Yet Robert's Rules states 51% is acceptable. The 13 was from years ago. What if that number is then 10 in the future because people have left the place of employment (Rhetorical)? Bottleneck

Please help! This is a tough one: How do I revise our Bylaws voting policy to 51% for a passing vote to replace the current voting policy that specifies a number of 13 for a passing vote? The problem is we currently have only 13 Representatives to vote for the revision, so this means we need a 100% vote to pass a motion! 😬 I thank you tremendously for any advice, consideration, time, and guidance afforded.