General Meeting

[Dennis Roberts]

Can the Chairman of a regular meeting open the meeting without a quorum, conduct business and come back days later to declare the meeting null and void because he did not like the results. Otherwise he would have said nothing.

[Josh Martin]

Can the Chairman of a regular meeting open the meeting without a quorum, conduct business and come back days later to declare the meeting null and void because he did not like the results. Otherwise he would have said nothing.

 

The chair can declare the business conducted at the meeting null and void if he has clear and convincing proof that a quorum was not present at the time. His ruling may be appealed from.

 

If the chair is only enforcing the rules when it suits him, however, you should get a new chair who will enforce the rules consistently. See FAQ #20. The rule which requires the presence of a quorum to transact business, in particular, is an extremely important rule and the chair should have enforced it at the time.

 

Also, I'd note that the meeting itself is valid even if a quorum is not present - it's just that no business (except a handful of procedural motions) can be conducted.

[Guest Ralph Goodman]

Thank You.