2015年12月19日 · From RONR 11th ed., p. li, "these rules are based on a regard for the rights: of the majority, of the minority, especially a strong minority - greater than one third, of individual members, of absentees, and of all these together." Even so, the council could adopt its own rules, as long as it follows the rules for doing so and those rules are not in conflict with applicable law.

2011年9月5日 · There is a board who is split on everything: 4 vs. 3; the majority (4) want to make any question asked of administration, be agreed to by majority board consensus (not up for action, simply a majority agreement) for the question to be researched an answered. We believe this is being done to stifle the 3 minority board members.

2024年11月5日 · The issue is that our board president has called a special meeting of the board of directors (open to association members) to adopt a policy resolution that puts a definition to "good standing" as our bylaws do not provide a definition. The board will be voting on this. Does this motion require a majority or 2/3's vote of the board?

2020年7月16日 · For instance, 4 members meet quorum and one abstains, 2 vote for, 1 votes against. So only 3 votes are cast--2 for and 1 against. Does the majority of the voting quorum prevail, meaning 2 votes determine the decision? Or does majority of quorum mean 3 votes are needed? I cant find a citation to support. Can you please help?

2010年10月8日 · Subsequent to a motion passing with a simple majority of votes, does Roberts Rules permit any member of the voting body to then refer to the results as a unanimous result??

2017年1月12日 · When a "majority vote" is called for it is the majority of votes cast. Abstentions dont impact the results. When a "majority vote present" is called for it is the majority of attendees regardless of the number of votes cast. So here abstentions arent counted, but affect the vote by possibly preventing the majority being met. What is correct?

2010年10月13日 · What requires a majority vote vs a 2/3 vote? Example: 7 members out of 9 present at a meeting (quorum present). The vote was 4 to 3 - Majority rule. The day following the meeting, it was brought up that the vote required 2/3 of the total members to pass, ie 5 to 2 to pass. Which is right?

2018年1月12日 · A plurality that is not a majority never chooses a proposition or elects anyone to office except by virtue of a special rule previously adopted. If such a rule is to apply to the election of officers, it must be prescribed in the bylaws. A rule that a plurality shall elect is unlikely to be in the best interests of the average organization.

2022年4月14日 · The word majority means “more than half”; and when the term majority vote is used without qualification—as in the case of the basic requirement—it means more than half of the votes cast by persons entitled to vote, excluding blanks or abstentions, at a regular or properly called meeting."

2011年7月22日 · What is the determining factor as to what items need a simple majority vote and which need a two-thirds vote? Is that something that is determined in an organization's by-laws?