Guest golfer Posted April 21, 2015 at 04:49 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 04:49 PM Our club is a 501c3 nonprofit and we are having a special meeting that requires 20% of the membership to meet quorum and it appears that Is going to easily be met. We are voting on an additional assessment to each member as to whether they want a $300 one time assessment or a $600 one time assessment. If a member did not want either assessment would they abstain from voting and therefore hope for a lack of quorum? Essentially if you are attending but do not vote is the attendance at the meeting meet the quorum requirement or does the actual votes turned in meet the quorum requirement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted April 21, 2015 at 05:13 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 05:13 PM The quorum is based on attendance, not voting. As long as 20% of the membership is present, a vote of 1-0 would adopt most motions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted April 21, 2015 at 07:32 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 07:32 PM If a member did not want an assessment, let's hope there is the option of voting against either one. Abstaining is definitely different from voting against a proposed action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest golfer Posted April 21, 2015 at 08:01 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 08:01 PM If voting member attends with spouse, only one gets to vote but do both sign in and count toward quorum? Does a separate sign in sheet for everyone attending need to be had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielEHayes Posted April 21, 2015 at 08:26 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 08:26 PM If voting member attends with spouse, only one gets to vote but do both sign in and count toward quorum? Does a separate sign in sheet for everyone attending need to be had?Are the voting members set and known before the meeting or can either spouse represent their family for the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted April 21, 2015 at 10:38 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 10:38 PM If you have both voting and non-voting members, you will have to consult your own bylaws to see what it takes to satisfy a quorum. RONR makes no provision for non-voting members. In my experience, only voting members count toward the quorum in those organizations that have both voting and non-voting members, but your bylaws may provide otherwise. Are the family members really members of the organization or are they guests? RONR has no provision regarding "sign in sheets". They are not required by RONR. Your organization will have to interpret its own bylaws and rules on those issues. We cannot do that for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest golfer Posted April 21, 2015 at 10:54 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 10:54 PM either spouse can represent a familys membership vote, but only one vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted April 21, 2015 at 11:40 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 at 11:40 PM either spouse can represent a familys membership vote, but only one vote Yes, and as has previously been noted, this is an arrangement which is not discussed in RONR. In RONR it's one member = one person = one vote. If your organization's bylaws provide for multiple persons sharing a single membership with a single vote, then it will be up to your organization to figure out how that works. See RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 588-591 for some Principles of Interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted April 22, 2015 at 12:00 PM Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 at 12:00 PM Our club is a 501c3 nonprofit and we are having a special meeting that requires 20% of the membership to meet quorum and it appears that Is going to easily be met. We are voting on an additional assessment to each member as to whether they want a $300 one time assessment or a $600 one time assessment. If a member did not want either assessment would they abstain from voting and therefore hope for a lack of quorum? Essentially if you are attending but do not vote is the attendance at the meeting meet the quorum requirement or does the actual votes turned in meet the quorum requirement? No, there has to be a way for a member to vote No on either or both assessments. Abstaining is not a vote, and does not affect the quorum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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