Guest Dan y Posted December 5, 2016 at 02:23 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 at 02:23 AM Our bylaws state that a special meeting may be called by the president himself or by request of at least13 members in good standing. My question is, do those 13 have to attend the meeting to make it legal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 5, 2016 at 02:40 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 at 02:40 AM No, they do not, but, the meeting does need a quorum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted December 5, 2016 at 06:23 AM Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 at 06:23 AM 3 hours ago, Richard Brown said: No, they do not, but, the meeting does need a quorum. ... to do any business. If, as an example, the quorum for meetings of this association was 25 and the 13 soreheads were the only ones to show up, they would be powerless to do anything about the reason they called the meeting. About all they could do is adjourn and go home. And then call another special meeting. This could go on a while. The lesson of this parable should be obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted December 5, 2016 at 01:33 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 at 01:33 PM 7 hours ago, jstackpo said: ... to do any business. If, as an example, the quorum for meetings of this association was 25 and the 13 soreheads were the only ones to show up, they would be powerless to do anything about the reason they called the meeting. About all they could do is adjourn and go home. And then call another special meeting. This could go on a while. The lesson of this parable should be obvious. Yes - have a rule dropping people's membership after they miss X meetings. That's the lesson, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted December 5, 2016 at 02:22 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 at 02:22 PM I guess it wasn't so obvious. What I had in mind was, in bylaws, to be sure that the number of members required to call a special meeting is at least as large as the quorum for the meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted December 5, 2016 at 02:31 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 at 02:31 PM 7 minutes ago, jstackpo said: I guess it wasn't so obvious. What I had in mind was, in bylaws, to be sure that the number of members required to call a special meeting is at least as large as the quorum for the meeting. I think this is an even worse idea then adoption of a rule dropping people's membership after they miss X meetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted December 5, 2016 at 08:55 PM Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 at 08:55 PM In all seriousness, I think a better lesson may be that those calling a meeting should try to do it when they expect others may attend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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