>>>>> On Sat, 02 Jun 2018, Roy Bamford wrote:

> On 2018.06.02 12:13, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>> My motion therefore is only to lower the member quorum in section 3.9
>> to the default value provided by the law, namely 1/10:
>> 
>> | Except as otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of
>> | Incorporation or by these Bylaws, one-tenth (1/10) of the members
>> | entitled to vote, represented in person, shall constitute a quorum
>> | at a meeting of members.

> The New Mexico statutes predate the internet and assume that
> meetings are groups assembled in the same room. There is a somewhat
> quaint requirement on directors (Trustees) not present in person to
> be able to be "heard". For a meeting on IRC, taken literally, that
> means directors must use screen readers.

> The new technology of the day was the speakerphone :)

> There are lots of requirements like that, which are totally unsuited
> to a virtual organisation. I'll not go into any more since I'm sure
> the new found enthusiasm for proposing bylaw changes will dig them
> up all over again.

> The proxy idea was dropped in 2008 as being unworkable. The board at
> that time were aware that votes were unlikely to be held by the
> traditional 'show of hands' at the AGM, so votes of members have
> been held over a considerable period of time (usually 4 weeks)
> before the AGM.

> That addresses the intent of proxy voting, which is to allow as many 
> members to be represented as possible.  

> A 'show of hands' on IRC doesn't work either. 

I have already retracted the part about proxies.

My remaining point is purely about lowering the quorum from 1/3 to
1/10. The rationale is simply that *none* of the AGMs ever had a
quorum.

Ulrich