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From: "Angie Rayfield" <>
Subject: RE: [BOARD-L] Motion # 05-24
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:58:06 -0600
In-Reply-To: <439522C9.8060607@adelphia.net>


But announcing the results of a vote effectively ends the voting, and
having a 2/3 majority of a quorum doesn't necessarily mean that the
result would stand if the voting continued.

There are 14 voting members of the board. 9 voting members constitute a
quorum. If you cut off a vote with 9 votes cast, 6 votes would decide
the issue (less than half the board). If all 14 members cast a vote, a
2/3 majority is 9.24 votes. Round that down, 9 votes. Only 8 votes
were cast in favor of this motion at the time our "results" were
announced, before the 48 hour voting period had elapsed.

The past precedent has been to announce the results of the vote IF the
results would be unchanged by further voting. It's not appropriate to
end a vote just because a quorum's been reached unless the vote results
would still stand if all members voted. That situation did not exist
when the results were announced on this vote.

Angie Rayfield
SEMA SC Representative




>-----Original Message-----
>
>I agree that two-thirds of a voting quorum isn't the same thing as
>saying a "two-thirds vote of the entire board", but that is what the
>procedures call for. (and no we didn't invent this, it came from
>precedent. We did however vote to continue the practice, as placed in
>the Procedures section by a previous board.)
>
>The past process has always allowed the 'not yet voting' members to
>record their votes before the cut-off time, but essentially when a
>quorum has voted the process allows the vote to be called.
>
>

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