finneyb Posted February 12, 2011 at 02:13 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 at 02:13 AM Quorum size – What is considered a reasonable number for a 10,000+ membership 501©(3) organisation with membership across the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted February 12, 2011 at 02:33 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 at 02:33 AM Quorum size – What is considered a reasonable number for a 10,000+ membership 501©(3) organisation with membership across the US?The quorum should be set to the largest number of voting members who will reliably attend a meeting in ordinary circumstances. See RONR (10th ed.), p. 20, ll. 15-20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finneyb Posted February 12, 2011 at 03:17 AM Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 at 03:17 AM The quorum should be set to the largest number of voting members who will reliably attend a meeting in ordinary circumstances. See RONR (10th ed.), p. 20, ll. 15-20.Thanks for that. I didn't want to give numbers initially in case it influenced the answer.In terms of numbers, the proposal is 10% of the membership ie 1000+ which is unreasonable IMHO. My experience shows that 50 would be a reasonable and workable number. Does anyone have a feel for the practice in other similar sized organisations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. J. Posted February 12, 2011 at 03:54 AM Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 at 03:54 AM Thanks for that. I didn't want to give numbers initially in case it influenced the answer.In terms of numbers, the proposal is 10% of the membership ie 1000+ which is unreasonable IMHO. My experience shows that 50 would be a reasonable and workable number. Does anyone have a feel for the practice in other similar sized organisations?When it had a total membership of over 1,300, the UK House of Lords had a quorum of 3. How's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted February 12, 2011 at 01:07 PM Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 at 01:07 PM Quorum size – What is considered a reasonable number for a 10,000+ membership . . . organisation with membership across the US?Such organizations frequently permit absentee voting and/or voting by proxy and/or being "present by proxy". Needless to say, such provisions would have to be authorized in the bylaws. Further, such organizations frequently cede most of the authority to a board and the once-a-year meeting of the general membership exists solely to elect board members and, perhaps, amend bylaws (the former of which can easily be done with absentee and/or proxy votes; as can the latter with, perhaps, less ease).You could then require that fifty members show up in person but still require greater participation in decision making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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