[H-GEN] Support to change Humbug's constitution.

[Bruce Campbell]

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On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Raymond Smith wrote:

raymon> On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Rob Unsworth wrote:
raymon> > If the proxy vote is counted for a quorum, then an abstaining vote is a
raymon> > vote for the negative.
raymon> 
raymon> Could you please provide a reference for this. I cannot see hopw this
raymon> could be correct when things like a company AGM proxy form include 'YES',
raymon> 'NO', and 'ABSTAIN' on every resolution.
raymon> 
raymon> My laws of meetings is a bit hazy, but I cannot remember this.

A 'proxy' vote is considered to be part of a quorum.  This is a completely
different beast from an 'abstaining' vote.

A vote of 'ABSTAIN', whether by proxy or in person, effectively removes
that vote from the current count.  It does not make it count in the
negative, under any circumstances.

However, if a motion requires a particular number of votes to pass, a
goodly number of 'ABSTAIN' votes (and hence, not used in the count) may
effectively block the passing of that motion.

Note that Humbug endeavours to follow the Constitution (and implications
thereof) that Humbug has set itself.  The group has no legal existence,
and as such, is not technically bound by Company Law.

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