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...King said the association's bylaws require two-thirds of the "possible" voting board members to attend, only 11 of 17 members showed up. Nero said that made the meeting illegitimate. But because one member was in England and one in the hospital, King said he decided to set quorum at 10--two thirds of a "possible...
...ignore its own by-laws--especially when enforcement of the bylaws directly affects the quality of student representation. As David A. Smith '94, the council parliamentarian, has said, "Those members should not have been allowed to vote at previous council meetings. It changes the number [required] for quorum...
...Those members should not have been allowed tovote at previous council meetings," Smith said."it changes the number [required] for quorum atwo-thirds vote, [and] three-fourths vote...
Students also approved the Credo in themid-'80s, but only on a third attempt after afirst student vote lacked a quorum and a secondvote defeated it. In a poll of 938 studentsconducted by the Honor Committee two years ago, 90percent affirmed that the Business School needed ahonor code...
...toured Scandinavia -- and he does not delegate full decision-making powers to his aides while he is gone. In protest, two of his most trusted lieutenants, Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Abed Rabbo, boycotted an executive committee meeting last week, forcing Arafat to postpone it for lack of a quorum...