Guest Paul Adams Posted December 15, 2019 at 07:53 PM Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 at 07:53 PM In our condo Corp meeting we were about to vote on a motion that one member wanted to defeat. She said I can just call two absent members who will vote against the motion. Is this permitted without proxy? Quorum was already established at the start of the meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted December 15, 2019 at 09:07 PM Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 at 09:07 PM "It is a fundamental principle of parliamentary law that the right to vote is limited to the members of an organization who are actually present at the the time the vote is taken in a regular or properly called meeting.... Exceptions to this rules must be expressly stated in the bylaws." (RONR 11th ed., p. 423, lines 17-23) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted December 15, 2019 at 10:17 PM Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 at 10:17 PM Agreeing with Dr. Kapur, I will add that calling absent members for a vote does not magically cause them to be "present" as is required in the absence of a bylaw provision permitting participation and voting by telephone. It is expressly prohibited by RONR unless permitted in the bylaws or controlling state law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted December 16, 2019 at 05:23 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 at 05:23 PM 21 hours ago, Guest Paul Adams said: In our condo Corp meeting we were about to vote on a motion that one member wanted to defeat. She said I can just call two absent members who will vote against the motion. Is this permitted without proxy? Quorum was already established at the start of the meeting. It is not permitted with or without proxy, unless your bylaws or applicable law provide otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 16, 2019 at 09:57 PM Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 at 09:57 PM On 12/15/2019 at 2:53 PM, Guest Paul Adams said: In our condo Corp meeting we were about to vote on a motion that one member wanted to defeat. She said I can just call two absent members who will vote against the motion. Is this permitted without proxy? Quorum was already established at the start of the meeting. No, this is expressly forbidden. For that matter, so are proxies. Any exceptions would have to be provided for in your bylaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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