| Flannel | wxl: Quorum is *not* defined as "what is reasonable". RR defines quorum (by default) as the majority of members. You can set in your bylaws something different, but by default it's that. Also, "needing 4 of 7 to vote affirmatively to do something" is not the same as needing 4 for quorum. Quorum is the number for a meeting to be a meeting. | 05:30 |
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| Flannel | Within that meeting, by default with RR, a majority would be able to decide something. (So if your quorum were 3, you could have 2 people vote for something for it to be a thing). (RR defines some things that aren't just a simple majority.) | 05:31 |
| Flannel | Obviously, Ubuntu Councils don't really have the concept of a quorum for a meeting to be valid. We've had meetings that aren't well-attended, but they're still meetings, they just can't do anything actionable. | 05:31 |
| TheMaster | (http://www.rulesonline.com/rror-11.htm) | 05:32 |
| Flannel | And that's partially because we don't actually use Roberts Rules, and partially because we're pragmatic and have a number of public-yet-not-official-meeting methods of getting in touch with people for their votes to make things actionable. | 05:32 |
| Flannel | Also, partially because I think people in FOSS prefer to use consensus as a method of deliberation when possible. | 05:33 |
| wxl | Flannel: a slight semantics issue, really. | 15:44 |
| Flannel | wxl: If "we don't really use parliamentary procedure" is considered a slight semantic issue, sure. | 18:40 |
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