On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 06:02, Jeff Kenton wrote:
> We are going around in circles on this.
>
> Robert's Rules of Order is clear about face to face (or teleconference)
> meetings -- quorums, majority votes and abstentions. It is unclear about
> email votes on the issue of quorums.
Right, that's why there is a special section on it in the TC Process
document, "(n) Conduct of TC business by mail"
> There are two choices:
I disagree, there is no choice at all because the process is already
spelled out in http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml#mail
>
> Either
> * everybody is present at an email vote, so there's always a quorum and a
> majority of votes cast wins
That's what the TC process document says, in accordance w/Roberts
> * or, total votes cast plus explicit abstentions determine whether you have
> a quorum
No, that would contradict the TC process document.
>
> Time to choose what works best for us, and put the clarification into our
> rules.
They are already there.
> Or, at worst, let each committee choose for itself and clarify its
> own bylaws.
Sorry, total disagreement on this from me and, I suspect, many others.
> Thankfully, my committee gets quorums for meetings.
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