RWS2190 Posted September 12, 2011 at 11:17 PM Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 at 11:17 PM Our By-Laws state that in order to remove a board member it takes a 3/4 vote of all remaining board members there are currently 13 members. The member that is being removed does not have a vote, the board President did not vote since there was no tie since it requires 3/4 vote of 11 members. My calculations is that 7 members is 3/4 of 11 am I correct in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted September 12, 2011 at 11:24 PM Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 at 11:24 PM First, 3/4 of 11 is not 7, it is 8.25. (Think "at least" 3/4, which makes it 9)Second, your bylaw requires a 3/4 vote of all remaining board members, regardless (apparently) of whether they vote or not. You have 13, and if you don't count the board member being removed, that makes 12. 3/4 of 12 is 9 again.But they're your organization's bylaws, so it's up to the membership to interpret them. See pages 570-573 (RONR 10th Ed.) for some guidelines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 12, 2011 at 11:29 PM Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 at 11:29 PM My calculations is that 7 members is 3/4 of 11 am I correct in this.Nope. Your math is a bit off.Our By-Laws state that in order to remove a board member it takes a 3/4 vote of all remaining board members there are currently 13 members. The member that is being removed does not have a vote, the board President did not vote since there was no tie since it requires 3/4 vote of 11 members. The accused may not have a vote but if the President is a Board member he would need to be figured into the math meaning it would be 3/4 out of 12 Board members (unless your bylaws say otherwise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted September 13, 2011 at 02:42 AM Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 at 02:42 AM The accused may not have a vote but if the President is a Board member he would need to be figured into the math meaning it would be 3/4 out of 12 Board members (unless your bylaws say otherwise).Well, as Mr. Foulkes pointed out, 3/4 of 11 or 12 works out to 9 members.The problem would be, for instance, if the Bylaws do not actually state that the accused does not get a vote - this would not be automatic, in my opinion, since the board seems to be using a customized procedure rather than the rules of RONR. If the accused gets a vote, then the math would be 3/4 of 13 members, which would work out to 10 members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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