Absence of Quoroum

[Guest JDStackpole]

Speakers and discussion are fine - but no formal decisions or business.

For example (a tad extreme, perhaps) it would not be proper to adopt a motion thanking the speaker for his splendid talk."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

You don't have to adjourn immediately - you could, for example, wait for more members to show up or send someone across the street to the bar to round them up - but any required reports would have to be presented again at the next meeting with a quorum. I"

[Guest Chris H]

As soon as the Chair notices there is no longer a quorum or a member raises a Point of Order on the subject things pretty much grind to a halt. There are only 4 motions that can be validly voted on without a quorum. Those are to take steps to obtain a q"