Do you have to have a majority of the members?

[Guest Emily]

If you are doing nonminations to seat a new board do you have to have a majority of the members (not on the board) to nonminate? Need an answer fast please.

[Chris Harrison]

In order to validly conduct business (which would include making nominations and holding elections) you need a quorum (RONR p.345). What constitutes a quorum for your organization should be located in the bylaws.

[Tim Wynn]

If you are doing nonminations to seat a new board do you have to have a majority of the members (not on the board) to nonminate? Need an answer fast please.

As Chris indicated, a quorum must be present, however it is the right of each member to make a nomination, which does not require a second or a vote of any kind.

[Rev Ed]

And just to be clear (the original question can be read this way) - you don't vote on a nomination - all nominations are accepted without a vote. The only vote is the actual election. In other words, if I nominate Joe Ontario to be a candidate, the membership does not vote to add Joe Ontario to the list of nominated candidates.

[Trina]

If you are doing nonminations to seat a new board do you have to have a majority of the members (not on the board) to nonminate? Need an answer fast please.

The 'not on the board' part suggests some confusion. If nominations are being made at a meeting of the general membership, board members are not prevented from making nominations. If a board member is a general member, he/she may participate on an equal footing with all the other general members. If nominations are being made at a meeting, a quorum must be present (as already noted in post #2). If the bylaws do not otherwise define quorum, RONR defines it as a majority of the members (of the body that is meeting).

[Rev Ed]

Also, depending on how you read the original question, the Board does not approve the nominations either - unless for some reason the general membership has given them permission to do so, which they should not have.