How many members of a committee have to be present at a committee meeting for it to go ahead?

Question

seem to think there has to be a certain number representing?

Answer 1

Madge, the meeting could go ahead even if there were only two people there - one alone might get bored talking to themselves. However, the important point being that no decision they make and vote for would be binding unless the meeting was quorate. See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorate

How many members need to be there in order to have a binding vote is set out in the committee's rules and procedures.

Answer 2

Errm- we have to submit that one first to the board responsible for Oversight of Decisions, who'll submit in triplicate a Quinta-partisan Multiparty Think-group for submission to the Tender of Opinions Bureau.
Then from there it's a simple 5 meeting group process to go from a possible to a Plausibility to the Probablility and Actions Group then to a Feasibility Implementaton Table Caucus. Once the feasibility has been assessed by the Overseers of Feasibility and overseen Auditing Assessors of Feasibility Overseers, there is a very strong likelihood it may be submitted to the Head Review of Oversight and Feasibility Planning and Implementation Rapid Action Group commission who'll then stamp it but only when reviewed throoughly by the External Assessors of Internal Scrutiny.
From there it's just a harmless resubmission for a final check to the Overseers and Surveyors of Public Opinion and Morality.

So a simple, rapid response should be obtained with slight probability of completion in less than three months- discounting office holidays of course.
The office holidays will be based around a Fibonacci algorithm based on which day the lunar tide coincides with meeting of the Vernal Equinox in leap years subtracted by the mean average median deficit of the standard deviance from root mean total square figure LESS 4 of the square of c to the power of the natural logarithm e. Less the inverse total sum prime factor expressed as an exponential.

Simple yes? What are you complaining about- this is how all UK bureaucracies work. Superbly.

Answer 3

I when to a meeting a while ago and the quorum was four but only there were there. No decisions could be made.
It depends upon the constitution and authority given to the the committee by it's parent body or if it is the parent body on it's rules.

Answer 4

It all depends on the constitution or terms of reference of the committee.

Answer 5

The necessary number should be stated in the constitution of the organisation. The number required to form a 'quorum'. It will vary from organisation to organisation.

Answer 6

three-fifths, I believe, according to Robert's Rules of Order. (I could be wrong.)

Answer 7

I think 51% need to be there.