Guest Linda Lee Posted October 29, 2015 at 05:03 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 at 05:03 AM Our Associations Board has 11 Directors. Our Bylaws say a quorum is 51 % of the directors.The Board President appoints committee members. Some of our more important committees have only directors appointed to them. Our president is a non-voting member of all committees. If a committee has 6 Directors on it, and they brought a recommendation to the full Board for approval,it always get approved because the 6 directors that are on the committee always vote for it. Can they do this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gödel Fan Posted October 29, 2015 at 05:29 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 at 05:29 AM Can they do what? Vote in favor of a motion? Yes, they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda Lee Posted October 29, 2015 at 06:10 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 at 06:10 AM What I want to know is can the committee meeting have 6 Board members on it,because it would be a more of a Board of Directors meeting than a committee meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gödel Fan Posted October 29, 2015 at 06:19 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 at 06:19 AM Maybe I'm misunderstanding. If a committee has 6 members, it can pass a recommendation with 4 votes - there's no guarantee that the other 2 members will vote yes at the board meeting. If it passes the committee with 6 votes, well, it's supported by a majority of the board. Regarding the size of the committees, are these standing committees or special committees? If standing committees, their size is specified in the governing documents. If special committees, the motion to create the committee should specify its size, and it's not out of order to specify a size greater than or equal to the quorum of the board. By the way, do your bylaws actually establish a quorum as 51% of the board, in so many words? Edited to add: Actually, in a 6 person committee (or any body, in theory), a motion could pass with as few as 2 votes due to abstentions. The other 4 can't be assumed to vote in favor of it when it comes before the board. Also, consider that there is a special form of the motion to commit which establishes a committee that is quite large - namely, committee of the whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted October 29, 2015 at 01:59 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 at 01:59 PM Maybe I'm misunderstanding. If a committee has 6 members, it can pass a recommendation with 4 votes - there's no guarantee that the other 2 members will vote yes at the board meeting. If it passes the committee with 6 votes, well, it's supported by a majority of the board. Regarding the size of the committees, are these standing committees or special committees? If standing committees, their size is specified in the governing documents. If special committees, the motion to create the committee should specify its size, and it's not out of order to specify a size greater than or equal to the quorum of the board. By the way, do your bylaws actually establish a quorum as 51% of the board, in so many words? Edited to add: Actually, in a 6 person committee (or any body, in theory), a motion could pass with as few as 2 votes due to abstentions. The other 4 can't be assumed to vote in favor of it when it comes before the board. Also, consider that there is a special form of the motion to commit which establishes a committee that is quite large - namely, committee of the whole. Guest Linda Lee did not provide any voting requirements. A motion could be adopted by a 1-0 vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gödel Fan Posted October 29, 2015 at 03:44 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 at 03:44 PM Yes, where did my 2 AM comment come from? Maybe I put 2 votes because it was 2 AM. Obviously it could pass 1-0 with abstentions. Where is my head lately? Oh, there it is - it was behind my glasses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curiosulus Posted October 30, 2015 at 12:11 AM Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 at 12:11 AM What I want to know is can the committee meeting have 6 Board members on it,because it would be a more of a Board of Directors meeting than a committee meeting. There is no rule in RONR against it. The committee is the committee and the board is the board, even if they have the same members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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