Guest Clair Ification Posted July 10, 2018 at 04:38 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 at 04:38 PM General discussion on what counts as a vote or majority vote: 13 member board, 9 were present (8 in person and 1 via phone)...quorum was met. Assume a vote of 3 yes, 2 no and 4 abstaining, does this constitute as a pass? Do you need 5 yes votes to get a majority of the members present? Do you need 7 yes votes to get a majority of the voting board (even though members were absent)? Who can abstain from a vote? I know there is a clause with conflicts of interest, but can anyone abstain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Student Posted July 10, 2018 at 05:15 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 at 05:15 PM Unless otherwise specified, a "majority vote" is of those present and voting. So 3-2 Is a majority vote. For that matter, 1-0 is also a majority vote. 5 is a majority of 8 or 9 (depending on whether participation by telephone is allowed in your rules). And 7 is a majority of 13 And no one can be compelled to vote. Nor can anyone be compelled not to vote under RONR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted July 10, 2018 at 10:14 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 at 10:14 PM 5 hours ago, Guest Clair Ification said: Assume a vote of 3 yes, 2 no and 4 abstaining, does this constitute as a pass? What were they voting on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted July 10, 2018 at 10:26 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 at 10:26 PM 5 hours ago, Guest Clair Ification said: Assume a vote of 3 yes, 2 no and 4 abstaining, does this constitute as a pass? That constitutes a regular "majority vote". But, what exactly is YOUR requirement? Majority vote? Majority of the members present? Majority of the entire membership? A two-thirds vote? A vote of two thirds of the members present? A vote of two thirds of the entire membership? The answer to all of those is different. The motion passes if the requirement is simply an unqualified "majority vote". But, not if it is any of the other five requirements I mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted July 11, 2018 at 02:49 AM Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 at 02:49 AM 10 hours ago, Guest Clair Ification said: General discussion on what counts as a vote or majority vote: 13 member board, 9 were present (8 in person and 1 via phone)...quorum was met. Assume a vote of 3 yes, 2 no and 4 abstaining, does this constitute as a pass? Do you need 5 yes votes to get a majority of the members present? Do you need 7 yes votes to get a majority of the voting board (even though members were absent)? Who can abstain from a vote? I know there is a clause with conflicts of interest, but can anyone abstain? FAQ #6 and FAQ #9 may be of use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted July 11, 2018 at 05:35 PM Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 at 05:35 PM 19 hours ago, Guest Who's Coming to Dinner said: What were they voting on? Presumably an ordinary main motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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