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

[Benjamin Robert Carlyle]

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Willie Yeo wrote:


>          As the club expands, and we have a members who really do not care
> about the running of the club, and does not turn up at SGMs, we will still
> require a that large quorum currently.
> 
>          All financial members are entitled to a vote, and they have every
> right to exercise that vote, either in person or by proxy. And if the
> Executive wants to pass a motion at an SGM, you can either don't turn up
> and someone else a quorum will still pass it (or shoot it down), or send in
> your vote. If disagree with any motions, then by all means, come in person
> or send in a proxy to vote "NO". There is no stopping you at all.

Is there currently an easy way to abstain from all votes at a
particular SGM?  If the process of abstaining were as simple
as (say) replying to the email announcing the SGM, and that
person might then count in the quorum but not affect whether
motions are passed or not, then both the right to vote when
they see fit and the right to ignore the existance of the SGM
might both be satisfied:

"Financial members may choose at any particular SGM to
disqualify themselves from voting, and may represent thier
decision by proxy.  A member disqualified in this way reduces
the size of the quorum in the same way as the quorum size
would be reduced if that member ceased to be a financial
member."

The quorum would then be the number of financial members not
disqualified under clause x of the club's constitution divided
by (some number) plus one.


Benjamin

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