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Our non-profit union has a split BOD with a President who won his election by a landslide. The other seats were uncontested and supported the losing former-President-candidate. Every initiative that the President brings to the BOD for approval or BOD input, the slate (VP, Secretary, Treasurer) votes against. (It has started to be a ridiculous act of obstructing even the most basic issues like fixing health and safety hazards). At our last BOD meeting the slate (VP, Secretary, Treasurer) all walked out to break quorum because they did not like the motion on the table. When they walked out, none of them called the question regarding loss of quorum and the motion was voted on.  After passing two more motions, the VP came back in to the room to call into question the quorum of the body.  At that point the business was stopped and meeting ajourned until a later date. Are all of these motion binding?

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RONR (11th ed.), p. 349, ll. 8-11:  "When the chair has called a meeting to order after finding that a quorum is present, the continued presence of a quorum is presumed unless the chair or a member notices that quorum is no longer present."  RONR (11th ed.), p. 349, ll. 21-28:  "Because of the difficulty likely to be encountered in determining exactly how long the meeting has been without a quorum...a point of order relating to the absence of a quorum is generally not permitted to affect prior action; but upon clear and convincing proof, such a point of order can be given effect retrospectively by a ruling of the presiding officer, subject to appeal."  Because you know how many walked out and at which point in the meeting, I conclude that the motions passed are null and void--if a point of order is raised to such effect.

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