Guest Yvonne W Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:12 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:12 PM What is considered a quorum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:16 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:16 PM What is considered a quorum?A quorum is the minimum number of voting members of an assembly (board and general membership are the usual two) that must be present at a meeting in order to validly conduct business. If the bylaws don't specify the quorum, it is a majority (more than half) of the membership. If you have 100 members and a Board with 7 members, the quorum for a membership meeting would be 51 and for a Board meeting it would be 4.Would you like to expand on your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yvonne W Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:35 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:35 PM Can the by-laws state that a quorum is the number of members prewent at any meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:40 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:40 PM Can the by-laws state that a quorum is the number of members prewent at any meeting?Yes, but it is a bad idea. The minimum number should be set at a what you could reasonably expect for regular attendance, except perhaps in bad weather. So, if you have 100 members and generally 30 members always show up, that might be a good quorum number. That way you won't have meetings where only 2 or 3 people show up and they now have the authority to conduct business and make any rules, or changes to them, or other decisions on behalf of the whole organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:43 PM Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 at 08:43 PM Can the by-laws state that a quorum is the number of members present at any meeting?Yes, but of course that's really no quorum requirement at all, is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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