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Guest JOE SLOVOBICH

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Guest JOE SLOVOBICH

We have a seven person board of directors.  If it happens that one (or more) directors are not present and the result is no longer an odd number, it is required that a director MUST not vote due to "lack of sufficient member voting authority"?

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We have a seven person board of directors.  If it happens that one (or more) directors are not present and the result is no longer an odd number, it is required that a director MUST not vote due to "lack of sufficient member voting authority"?

Nope.  As long as you have a quorum, everybody present gets to vote.  This "odd number" business is a myth.  A persistent one, but no less mythical.

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Guest JOE SLOVOBICH

The "due to lack of sufficient member voting authority" is extracted directly from the minutes of the last meeting.  When the secretary was questioned, the reply indicated that, as in the GEICO commercial l"everybody  knows that."

 

As with many aspects of interpersonal relationships, having correct and supported information will still require the $4 to get you a cup of coffee.

 

Thanks for the prompt replies

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You could try logic (if you think it would work...)

 

Say all seven members are present, but one member for good and proper reasons doesn't, or perhaps legally can't, vote on an issue.  So you are down to 6 voters, an even number.

 

Does your secretary claim that another board member now must be denied the right to vote?  Which one?  How do you pick him/her?

 

Enjoy your coffee!

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The "due to lack of sufficient member voting authority" is extracted directly from the minutes of the last meeting.  When the secretary was questioned, the reply indicated that, as in the GEICO commercial l"everybody  knows that."

 

As with many aspects of interpersonal relationships, having correct and supported information will still require the $4 to get you a cup of coffee.

 

Thanks for the prompt replies

Sounds to me like the secretary's making stuff up. Ask to be shown the specific rule in question.
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