Quorum-vote

[Guest Andy]

I understand a minimum quorum according to RONR is majority of membership, which is one more then half of you membership. Now to carry a vote, do we need 2/3s of the attending membership, at a given meeting, to pass a vote? Or is it 2/3s of the total membership to pass a vote? Just want a concrete understanding in case of any opposition. Thank you.

[jstackpo]

Absent any special rules in your bylaws, or elsewhere, all you need to adopt something is a majority (more than half, NOT "half plus one") of the votes cast, as long as a quorum of members (see your bylaws, it may be less than a majority of the members) is present in the room at the time of the vote.

100 members present (a quorum): 1-0 will do it as will 50-49 (with one abstention).

[Guest dan]

You need a "quorum" not a "minimum quorum". You either have a quorum or you don't.

It is common for organizations, depending on the nature of the organization, to define a quorum as significantly fewer than a majority of members.

[Josh Martin]

I understand a minimum quorum according to RONR is majority of membership, which is one more then half of you membership.

There is no "minimum quorum." The quorum is the minimum number of members that must be present. If the organization's Bylaws are silent on the quorum and the assembly has an enrolled membership, the quorum is a majority (more than half) of the membership.