[H-GEN] Need support to change constitution

[Andrae Muys]

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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Willie Yeo wrote:

> To :
> General Meetings
> 11. A quorum of three times the number of the Executive Committee plus one, 
> of the Financial Membership of the Club is required for a Special General 
> Meeting.
> 	e.g., if the executive committee numbers 5, you will require a quorum of 
> 5x3 = 15 + 1 which is 16 financial members.
> 

I would like to propose 21 members or 50% of the membership whichever is
less.

> 	Since Humbug is getting pretty big, and getting quorums is getting harder, 
> we require a better way for the Executive to get consent of the members to 
> run the club more effectively.
> 
Definately agreed.  When we drafted the constitution, we recognised that
we might have to change quorum if the club grew large enough.  Personally
I feel the club reached that point a while ago.

Andrae

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