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Steven V. R. Winthrop '80, outgoing chairman of the assembly, announced Thursday that less than a dozen of the assembly's 96 members have been to every meeting. The assembly passed all of Thursday's resolutions without an official quorum of 50 per cent of the delegates...

Author: By Alan Cooperman, | Title: Fits and Starts | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

...lack of a quorum prevented the Student Assembly last night from acting upon a request for $200 from a group of students who wish to see Harvard represented at a conference of Ivy League schools, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago to be held February in Philadelphia...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich and Stephen R. Latham, S | Title: Lack of Quorum at Assembly Blocks Funds for Conference | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Richard M. Wyner '79, an Adams House representative, said after the meeting he introduced his call for a quorum count because "a majority of the representatives were not here and I didn't think it was proper to proceed...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich and Stephen R. Latham, S | Title: Lack of Quorum at Assembly Blocks Funds for Conference | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

Grady made the motion toward the end of the meeting after many delegates had left. He agreed to submit the proposal forming a subcommittee when students threatened to call a quorum which would have blocked a vote on the stronger motion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Assembly Votes To Investigate Library Issue | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...this flurry of activity with a sort of pleasant amazement that the convention had finally provoked a response from the students, even a somewhat negative response. Having nearly 90 students show up for a convention meeting--most of which in the past had barely managed to keep a quorum--was, at Harvard, an accomplishment in itself. A sense of excitement and importance galvanized the meeting. But the eager excitement quickly turned to anxious hesitancy as it became readily apparent that the members of the minority groups meant business. The minority groups were there to force the convention to pass...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Convention Faces Apathy and Distrust | 3/21/1978 | See Source »

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