[Fsfe-uk] Constitution - Voting

[John Seago]

I  used to sit on the council of a national voluntary membership 
organisation. whilst it was unincorporated the rules used to specify both 
a finite number for a quorum at AGM's, and a percentage, I can't remember 
how it was worded, but it should not be beyond those on this list to come 
up with a formula.

This also has a bearing on the likelihood of any members voting, the same 
body used postal voting on prepaid forms for Elections,I don't know what 
the figures are now, but in the past they very rarely exceeded 1.5 > 2%.
Trade Unions use a similar means and I believe they have a higher rate of 
return but I wouldn't hold out great hopes for either attendance or 
participation, so I would recommend setting figures on the very low side.
Arguments that this disenfranchises non attendees/voters don't hold up as 
all get equal opportunity to participate. 

john Seago