Here
is a start to review Jean Dowling's motion at today's Del Assy -
UCO
Bylaws 11/2/12
F. Quorum and Voting
"Unless
otherwise provided in the Bylaws or otherwise required under the
“Florida not-for-profit Corporation Act”, if
a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a
majority of the Delegates present is the act of the Board of
Directors."
Here
are the basic elements of Robert's Rules, used by most organizations:
1.
Motion: To introduce a new piece of business or propose a decision or
action, a motion must be made
by a group member ("I move that......") A second motion
must then also be made (raise your hand
and say, "I second it.") After limited discussion the group
then votes on the motion. A majority
vote is required for the motion to pass (or quorum as specified in
your bylaws.)
I
believe that the Board
of Directors has now voted 4 times NOT to give money to Golf/PRPC
related legal causes. We have agreed they will operate on donations
which allows for wide variations of individual opinions.
It was unfortunate that with a quorum and with a majority voting YES to remove a line item from the budget, business could not be done because of a mathematical interpretation of our bylaws.
ReplyDeleteI read the bylaw above to mean a majority is the greater number. If you replace the word 'majority' by its meaning 'the greater number'. We got an affirmative vote of the greater number of the Delegates present. However, UCO's meaning is a mathematical 'absolute majority' ie. a number over 50% of delegates present. Because of people who did not want to vote, this was not achieved.