Torri Posted November 2, 2016 at 12:21 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 at 12:21 AM If a council consists of 7 members but 2 have voluntarily resigned, does the number which consists a quorum change. Is the majority still 4 or because there are only 5 active members does it drop to 3. The constitution doesn't cover this event. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted November 2, 2016 at 12:43 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 at 12:43 AM 21 minutes ago, Torri said: If a council consists of 7 members but 2 have voluntarily resigned, does the number which consists a quorum change... Yes, if they are no longer members. A quorum is based on the number of members present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted November 2, 2016 at 02:29 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 at 02:29 AM 1 hour ago, Hieu H. Huynh said: Yes, if they are no longer members. A quorum is based on the number of members present. Hmm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted November 2, 2016 at 02:43 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 at 02:43 AM 2 hours ago, Torri said: Is the majority still 4 or because there are only 5 active members does it drop to 3. What is meant by "active"? Either you're a member or you're not. If there are 5 members, a majority would be 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted November 2, 2016 at 02:46 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 at 02:46 AM 16 minutes ago, Godelfan said: Hmm? What is the question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted November 2, 2016 at 02:56 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 at 02:56 AM 9 minutes ago, Hieu H. Huynh said: What is the question? What do you mean by "A quorum is based on the number of members present"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted November 2, 2016 at 03:09 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 at 03:09 AM A quorum is the minimum number of members who must be present to validly conduct business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry3841 Posted December 11, 2016 at 05:01 PM Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 at 05:01 PM Your council's constitution might cover this situation in a place you haven't looked, so be sure to read your constitution thoroughly. One of our organization's bylaws says our Board of Directors is "composed of 5 persons" and another says the quorum is "a majority of the DIrectors." If no other bylaw is relevant, then it might be reasonable to say the quorum reduces to 2 after two Directors resign. (2 is a majority of the remaining 3.) But we have another bylaw that says "Vacancies in the Board shall be filled by vote of the majority of the remaining Directors, even though they may constitute less than a quorum of said Board." The clause at the end of that bylaw implies the quorum of our Board is fixed at 3 (a majority of 5), and is not a majority of the remaining members. (If our Board quorum were a majority of the remaining Directors, that clause would be pointless, because a majority of the remaining Directors could never be less than a quorum.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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