classes of members and its effect on quorum

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Many large organizations find it useful to create a board with a great deal of authority. Then you could have ten thousand members, or one hundred thousand members, but the board would do most of the work. See pp. 464-471.

As for separate classes"

[Guest Margaret]

The parent's association on which I'm on allows for non-parents (such as teachers) to sit on the association as non-voting members, and specifies that quorum must be composed of voting members.

Would that help?

PS: yikes! do you get tha"

[Guest marianne]

thanks Margaret that helps immensely"

[Guest Margaret]

So pleased to help!

Just for fun, have copied in our bylaws pertaining to the matter:

All parents and guardians of students registered at School may be voting members of the group.

Administration and staff (teaching and non-teaching) of"

[Guest Trina]

Margaret, just as a friendly word of warning, helpful information of this sort is better offered in a private e-mail, rather than as a post on this forum, which is supposed to deal almost exclusively with RONR (and only peripherally with the design and in"

[Guest Margaret]

Trina, thanks for the warning - can you give a page and section reference for that rule? (joke!)

I was just so delighted to see a spot where I might be able to assist, rather than just ask questions. :)"