Hi, John H. Robinson, IV: > i had always understood quorum as the minimum number of participants to > conduct business. > OK. Let's say we have a quorum of 90 and a supermajority of 2:1. 70 people are for the proposal, 30 against => the proposal wins. 70 people are for the proposal, 10 against, the remaining 20 refuse to vote => the proposal fails.
Sorry, but I don't like that. With a quorum, the people against a proposal need to actively solicit support for their objection if they want to defeat it. That's good democracy. Defeating the proposal by walking out is bad democracy. IMHO. -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/
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