From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BEBD138239 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:59:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64F9DE0B5D; Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:59:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pl0-f51.google.com (mail-pl0-f51.google.com [209.85.160.51]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16B81E0B5D for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:59:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pl0-f51.google.com with SMTP id c23-v6so8383710plz.12 for ; Mon, 04 Jun 2018 05:59:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=LdeFTB8m5AZeylaRpt1TebFVS1sqRIiaFcbIUl3vNLM=; b=U6nGlZCltzlz1gXWuD7ozlE91urmBMwu+UMxBgDlWSlROqAffgaw/t2QPqbLcgsAJJ 1hA7mGe+zL/yr1YnULaGr39U9dBjRQJzCxcoxR8IS+Na6OEF31Yxti0mQdKOf5+9rGd2 euzWvkEribdkkOROOgv4ZFMOBvTUmVRu+JrjFmW0lMhMPnEgRo/NY/h4b0ppJ0mCReVQ sFimc7hIRWlYYzbqszLubghB0qhUxBwE+17F0DQ2jjujI9xPupp5OUEEyB4nZY36dZbc QB7fyQPiURqSVWiFoPbaU3G+3K0k84/I3kdJSozynJTFKgBMz6jyFzJBqA+FlRjPnqh8 iU7Q== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwcCUWxxFvRMqNcivTwxYwV8T+uE/A25RctYM/SRtpTpI0u8pqVZ A1or57DI4OgBko1KBCN1mXX4O7F5nncsnjozQLn0pw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJKH2u3x7w2y6FUFxOjXrq2U4rAvMF0pThTNpFAXeYnbOl+a5IS0MNHIGiPlJ55PfVwj//AAg5TP07lyV9+/9w= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:748b:: with SMTP id h11-v6mr22190944pll.12.1528117165486; Mon, 04 Jun 2018 05:59:25 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <23314.53208.861609.192857@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <3+r6DYwRWXz/PXilmlta4u@UR6V7LUHkhbimoseXChio> <23317.13669.356883.442520@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <23317.13669.356883.442520@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> From: Rich Freeman Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 08:59:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re: [RFC] Bylaws change: Lower the member quorum to 1/10 To: gentoo-nfp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 4d6e03c6-a393-4e2d-ad43-3f0f69be584e X-Archives-Hash: e22fdb769fcc0314fafed79d7309246b On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 8:49 AM Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > >>>>> On Sun, 03 Jun 2018, Roy Bamford wrote: > > > Not having a quorum prevents a vote of members taking place. > > However, there has never been a need for a vote of members at any > > meeting of members. > > Why do we have meetings of members then? > They're generally required by law, because laws typically recognize that the directors of an organization serve the shareholders, and not the other way around... -- Rich