I saw two arguably reasonable ideas on the main nc list as to what constitutes a quorum.
Angie suggested that since we are all here, on the list, then we are all present and a
quorum is met and a deciding vote is the majority of those votes cast.
Horace said:
"In an electronic ballot where no one shows up at a fixed polling place then
a quorum defaults to be 51% of the total number of CC's eligible to
vote. I believe there are between 65-70 eligibles CC's. So 26 "yes" votes
and 1 "no" vote cannot be a quorum."
My first question, Horace, is, according to who? Who said so? Somebody cited
Robert's Rules which supported the first idea.
Secondly, I think you are mixing two ballots here, or I am misunderstanding you. Is the
'electronic ballot where no one shows up at a fixed poling place' a ballot like is
posted now at
http://members.aol.com/brightdesigns/vote/index.html and like the one we used to express
our views on whether or not the SC should have prior NCgenweb service?
Or do you mean by 'electronic ballot where no one shows up at a fixed poling
place' to be voting on the list like we did on the 'accept the April 15
ballot' vote? You must be referring to that because you cited the 26 "yes"
votes and 1 "no" vote. But then you can't say no one showed up because we
are all subbed to the list and are all here.
As far as by-laws and us proceeding without any, I always understood that we operated
under the national by-laws in the absence of any of our own. I don't know if that is
just one of those "we've always done it that way" things or if it actually
comes from anywhere. Maybe somebody can enlighten me on that.
DianA