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2018 Quorum Reduction Vote (view source)
Revision as of 16:15, 24 October 2018
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PS:One's Bylaws currently require a quorum of at least 1/3 of the full members for a vote to pass. They also have a convoluted mechanism, described below, which is not currently implemented and would be difficult to implement in practice. This vote modifies the Bylaws by changing the quorum number to 1/10 of the full members and eliminating the non-voting member method to reduce quorum.
PS:One's Bylaws currently require a quorum of at least 1/3 of the full members for a vote to pass. They also have a convoluted mechanism, described below, which is not currently implemented and would be difficult to implement in practice. This vote modifies the Bylaws by changing the quorum number to 1/10 of the full members and eliminating the non-voting member method to reduce quorum.
=== A High Quorum is Unnecessary ===
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised states that the "requirement for a quorum is protection against totally unrepresentative action in the name of the body by an unduly small number of persons."
Quorum is important for in-person meetings, where business can be conducted without prior notice, to prevent a small group from taking advantage of low attendance to push forward their own agenda without the knowledge of the larger group. However, this is not true of PS:One member votes. We have a mandatory 5 days e-mail notice period, and typically there is discussion on the mailing list long before that. It is not possible for a member vote to escape scrutiny and be passed without the membership knowing about it. Any bad vote can then be voted down.
Robert's Rules states that quorum "should approximate the largest number that can be depended on to attend any meeting except in very bad weather or other extremely unfavorable conditions." It is clear that failure to meet quorum is intended to be an edge case, not the norm. However, it seems far too common at PS:One for votes to fail quorum. Thus, quorum isn't working as designed. Instead, quorum frequently is being misused as a way to oppose a vote. Reducing the quorum requirement significantly will allow the system to function as designed.
=== The Current Quorum Suppresses No Votes ===
=== The Current Quorum Suppresses No Votes ===