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Subject: Re: [chairs] Re: Quorum required for good standing
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 06:02, Jeff Kenton wrote: > We are going around in circles on this. > > Robert's Rules of Order is clear about face to face (or teleconference) > meetings -- quorums, majority votes and abstentions. It is unclear about > email votes on the issue of quorums. Right, that's why there is a special section on it in the TC Process document, "(n) Conduct of TC business by mail" > There are two choices: I disagree, there is no choice at all because the process is already spelled out in http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml#mail > > Either > * everybody is present at an email vote, so there's always a quorum and a > majority of votes cast wins That's what the TC process document says, in accordance w/Roberts > * or, total votes cast plus explicit abstentions determine whether you have > a quorum No, that would contradict the TC process document. > > Time to choose what works best for us, and put the clarification into our > rules. They are already there. > Or, at worst, let each committee choose for itself and clarify its > own bylaws. Sorry, total disagreement on this from me and, I suspect, many others. > Thankfully, my committee gets quorums for meetings. -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 4616 x31442 Sun Microsystems Inc. | 1800 Harrison St. Oakland, CA 94612 W3C AC Rep / OASIS TAB Chair
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