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Bookmark or Share- Can/should a meeting with no quorum have minutes?If a quorum cannot be obtained, the chair calls the meeting to order, announces the absence of a quorum, and entertains a motion to adjourn or one of the other motions allowed, as described above." (RONR, 11th ed., p. 349) I thought you were concerned about the question as to whether or not minutes should have been kept.
- Recommended Posts - The Official RONR Q & A ForumsThe quorum refers to the number of members present, not to the number actually voting on a particular question." RONR (12th ed.) 40:1 So long as a quorum is present, a majority of the members present and voting is sufficient to adopt a motion, unless the rules provide otherwise in a particular instance.
- Quorum - General Discussion - The Official RONR Q & A ForumsThere were only five members in attendance and there are eleven members of the board. As you tell us quorum is a majority, this meeting did not have a quorum. This is a second reason why anything that was done is invalid (the first reason is that the lack of notice to six members means the meeting was not properly called).
- Determining Quorum - General Discussion - The Official RONR Q & A ForumsPremise 1: The quorum is based on the number of voting members. Premise 2: Voting members are defined as those who are elected. Conclusion: Therefore, the quorum is based on those who have been elected. “Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.”
- approving Minutes without a quorum - General Discussion - The Official ...The minutes may be approved so long as a quorum is present; it matters not whether those present when the minutes are approved were present at the meeting which the minutes memorialize. I was about to write that anyone may vote on the minutes, but that isn't quite true, because, in fact, you don't vote on the minutes.
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