2006-11-29 10:41:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
A quorum is the minimum number of people required for a group necessary to conduct official business.
The purpose is to have a sufficient number of people to conduct business so that you don't get a small number deciding things for a larger group.
2006-11-29 10:46:24 · answer #1 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A quorum is a stated percentage of a particular body which is required for the body to conduct business.
Most of the time, it's 50%. Many decisionmaking bodies, whether they're legislatures, city councils, even the board or council of your church charitable organization or club or a private corporation, have requirements about how many voting members must be at a meeting for business to be accomplished. A piece of legislation, charter, or articles of incorporation might specify a quorum.
In the U.S. Legislature, a "quorum call" is often used by Congresspeople to get members to the floor in anticipation of a vote (because of course a quorum is never present on the floor of the house when the House is in session.)
2006-11-29 10:47:16 · answer #2 · answered by Perdendosi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quorum is the shared database for a cluster (in computing terms) It keeps the database that keeps the cluster in syn/working!
2006-11-29 10:43:59 · answer #3 · answered by Stoneeye 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋