Edited to add: The same principle will apply to calculating your quorum requirement. Find out the total membership of your organization, and then divide that number in such a way as to have one number greater than the other by one. Quorum definition, the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority.
Sign In, § 13.1-849. Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups, Chapter 10.
I don’t think it says what you mean and could easily lead to litigation on a contested vote where the quorum is an issue. What matters is what the majority of your membership thinks. Usually it takes a majority (over 50%) of the current Board members to have a quorum for a Board meeting.
Ex-officio members have the same rights as other members and are usually counted in the quorum. As you have noted earlier, however, this committee's quorum is apparently "a majority plus one of members on the committee," which makes very little sense, but I suppose that's the rule the committee will need to follow until it gets changed. Your previous content has been restored. Shelly, refer to your Bylaws.
. See more. Paste as plain text instead, × (NOTE: A ‘sponsoring attorney’ is an attorney that is a HOATalk.com official sponsor and is identified as such in the posted message or on our sponsor page.). Hope this helps. D. The election of directors is governed by § 13.1-852. I found minutes from 2 years ago, just an outline of what was in there. Materials prepared by Nonprofit Issues® contained in these pages is copyrighted by Nonprofit Issues®, Inc., 2009-2020. Please do not send any sponsoring attorney confidential information unless you speak with the sponsoring attorney or an attorney from the sponsoring attorney’s firm and get authorization to send that information to them. Submit yours here. Thank you Mary for your reply. Members entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those members exists with respect to that matter. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. The general rules for standing committees at this organization states "A quorum shall consist of a majority plus one of members on the committee". If it is not reached, you can schedule a second meeting (adjournment). But at any rate, I totally agree that the Treasure has no authority to "delete" a position. One of our board members said we cannot vote on anything because we don't have a quorum. The 13 does not include an ex-officio [which I understand would only vote to break a tie]. 1/2 of 13 = 6.5 therefore 7 is "more than half".
Thank you for your replies. A simple majority is the best way to determine a quorum if you don’t have a certain number already listed in the by-laws. Thanks again for your excellent and helpful website - it's a wonderful resource for the non-profit community! Clear editor. A quorum should consist of “as large as can be depended upon for being present at all meetings when the weather is not exceptionally bad.” In other words, at best, a quorum is just an educated guess. Since many states are increasing their enforcement efforts to ensure that charities and fundraisers are complying with initial and annual registration requirements, it's important that charities and fundraisers abide by these statutes—especially since noncompliance can result in the imposition of significant fines and penalties. 13 members present: 13/2=6.5, the majority will be 7 votes . Learning the basics of Roberts Rules.. there are 13 voting members on a committee in which I have been appointed Chair. Since it is outside the RONR definition of majority, what I think doesn't really matter. Rev. committees, perform such duties as are appropriate to this office and vote to break ties.". If it is a 7-member board, but only 6 positions are filled, then the quorum is based on 6, not 7. more than half of the board. In which cas in your example 3 out of 6 would not be a quorum. Op. Nor should the BOD as a whole decide to leave a position open. The exact number depends on the group's rules and can either be a set number or a percentage of the total membership. The by-laws state "The Presiding Officer of the F.A.S.N., or their designated representatives, shall be ex-officio members without vote on all committees, unless specifically allowed in these By-Laws".
Any number strictly greater than one half of the membership will suffice. Att'y Gen. 96-207. If you have 100 members and 51 show up that's a quorum.
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No need to round.
However, if you are only allowed to have 5 Board members then one of those elected was not eligible to be a Director.
What is our quorum? Try this link instead for FAQ # 5: http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#5.
That would be 6 in your case.... if you were using the RONR definition. RONR defines a majority as "more than half". --Richard T. None of the information on the Nonprofit Issues® Website should be deemed legal advice or should be acted upon without prior consultation with appropriate professional advisors. × . § 42:13(2) and (4). We have 6 board members and only 3 showed up last month for the meeting along with several residents.