Nicola (as teller) read out the total number all of the valid votes, which were 57 (30 of them proxy votes submitted before the meeting). Cheers, LucyOn 16 July 2017 at 11:13, Fæ <faewik@gmail.com> wrote:A small request for the pending minutes of the AGM; during the meeting
there was a count of hands of voting members, presumably to comply
with the Articles of Association with regard to the legally required
quorum. The final count was not read out, so I will be interested to
read that specific number in the minutes, which I believe is needed to
comply with legal requirements. With membership at 498, I think that
means that a quorum should be a minimum 50 voting members, which could
be challenging at future AGMs if the increase in membership is from
stakeholders such as donors, who are proportionally far less likely to
be interested in these sorts of internal meetings and discussions.
If my understanding is wrong, and that the charity can pass
resolutions with fewer than 10% of the membership, such as with say
2%, I would be delighted to read the explanation of how that part of
the governance of the charity works, and what the options would be if
fewer than one tenth of members wanted to physically come to an AGM. A
scenario which seems highly likely if membership continues its
fantastic speedy growth. Fortunately the board benefits from a couple
of resident experts on governance that can advise, and could probably
summarise for the rest of us in plain English.
Thanks,
Fae
On 15 July 2017 at 16:24, Richard Farmbrough <richard@farmbrough.co.uk> wrote:
> All candidates were voted in, and all resolutions passed, nearly
> unanimously.
>
> On 15 Jul 2017 16:17, "Richard Farmbrough" <richard@farmbrough.co.uk> wrote:
>
> If Harry joins it will be 499.
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