Guest Frank P Posted December 31, 2019 at 07:40 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 at 07:40 PM Our committee has 13 positions, and a quorum as per bylaws is 50% + 1. One position on committee is vacant, leaving 12 committee members serving. Is the quorum for a meeting 50%+ 1 of 12 or 13?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted December 31, 2019 at 07:45 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 at 07:45 PM Sorry, I don't own a microscope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted December 31, 2019 at 08:44 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 at 08:44 PM I know some schools have stopped teaching how to write cursive; I didn't realize some had already stopped teaching how to read it. 😀 A majority of 12 and a majority of 13 are both seven. So it should not matter. However, your bylaws have the unfortunate phrase "50%+1" and 50% (6.5) + 1 of 13 is 7.5 which needs to be rounded up to eight. This is why "50%+1" is a poor choice of words when, usually, the intent is a majority, which means "more than half." Normally, vacancies are not counted when determining quorum. So use 50%+1 of 12 if you only have 12 members at the moment. And change the wording when you next get the chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted January 1, 2020 at 01:17 AM Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 at 01:17 AM 5 hours ago, Guest Frank P said: Our committee has 13 positions, and a quorum as per bylaws is 50% + 1. One position on committee is vacant, leaving 12 committee members serving. Is the quorum for a meeting 50%+ 1 of 12 or 13?? Do your bylaws say 50% +1 of positions or of members? RONR's default rule is a majority of members, not 50% +1. Since you have written bylaws that supersede RONR, you'll have to interpret them yourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted January 2, 2020 at 04:34 PM Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 at 04:34 PM Guest Frank, do your bylaws actually say “50% + 1”? And if they do, then 50% + 1 of what? Members or positions? Please do us a favor: Quote the exact provision, verbatim, from your bylaws. Don’t paraphrase, but quote the entire quorum provision verbatim. And please use a regular type font and size that we can read, not miniature cursive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted January 3, 2020 at 11:48 AM Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 at 11:48 AM On 12/31/2019 at 3:44 PM, Atul Kapur said: I know some schools have stopped teaching how to write cursive; I didn't realize some had already stopped teaching how to read it. 😀 I hope the 12 members sewing made something nice. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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