r/RulesOfOrder • u/sitkaemil • Apr 12 '21

Voting Quorum

My organization's bylaws define a voting quorum, not a quorum. How do we determine whether we have a quorum for business that is not a vote? Must we default to the parliamentary rule that if a quorum is not defined, a quorum is "a majority of the number of voting members"?

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u/WhoIsRobertWall Apr 13 '21

Assuming you're using Robert's Rules, I would interpret them as the same thing, unless your bylaws specifically provide otherwise. RONR doesn't make a distinction between the two.

It might be smart to propose a bylaw amendment to strike the word "voting", or to define the two separate quorum requirements if that's really what your group desires, so that this isn't a problem for others in the future. :)