Word: quorums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bryan: My point is that, nobody in the organization wanted to represent an organization at any retreat at any cabinet meeting because it was way too much bureaucracy to wade through; there was quorum this and I hereby second the third motion to consider the fifty-fifth motion of sub-section 47b. And also there were all sorts of enforced meetings at times when nobody really wanted to have meetings for the sake of having a meeting and having an itinerary and free pizza. It was so stupid. The organization should be streamlined in every program...
...instead, three students departed midway through the meeting, depriving the council of its quorum. Only 39 of the 90 total council members remained...
Unfortunately, when the meeting resumed, three representatives who had been present when the meeting began--Eliot House representative Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos '01, Pforzheimer House representative John P. Marshall '01, and Winthrop House representative Michael A. Hill '02--had left, pushing the council below its quorum...
...more of those to give, more causes to pursue, more crises to smooth over and more sunsets to watch from the Truman Balcony. It is generous of her to give up the wealth that awaits her after the White House for the chance to answer Trent Lott's quorum calls. But there are other ways to serve. If nothing else, before making up her mind, she should try out the middle seat on the Delta Shuttle in place of the soft cocoon of Air Force One. Now that's a reality check...
...ended with a discussion of changes to their constitution and by-laws. The major issues discussed was whether or not to have a quorum requirement in order to hold votes at meetings. The committee finally decided to postpone further discussion of this issue until the fall, and approved the rest of the constitution...