Christine wasn’t in attendance.
Here is the math in case anyone wants to double check…
General Meeting Attendance
#1 August 10, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 8
#2 August 28, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 6
#3 September 14, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 5
#4 September 25, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 5
#5 October 12, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 6
#6 October 23, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 5
#7 November 9, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 6
#8 November 27, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 5
#9 December 14, 2023
-Number at the start of the meeting: 6
#10 January 11, 2024
-Number at the start of the meeting: 9
61 divided by 10 = 6.1 x 50% = 3.05 which is rounded to 4
I forgot to include the 2024-01-11 General Meeting Minutes in the slide.
I didn’t see Harpreet raise his hand or hear him cast his vote in the recording, but I’m assuming his vote was YES.
SUGGESTED EDIT: @chima moved to adopt the Discourse Forum and WhatsApp as the official communications of WCU and then maintaining that the Forum is the place of record for any votes or any documentation and that we adopt a culture that anything that members believe could be benefited by being viewed by other membership should be posted on the Forum and only communication that we believe membership won’t lose anything from by disappearing over time should be kept on WhatsApp. Seconded by @Joanna. Motion carried 7-1, with one NO vote coming from @anon26178869.
To be honest, I was confused by the changes. 3.1 says it’s average attendance over the past six months. But 3.2 says the six most recent General Meetings. It doesn’t make a difference right now because our numbers haven’t fluctuated much, but they might in the future.
SUGGESTED EDIT: -@chima moved to approve this amendment (3.1 Determination of Quorum) to our Bylaw Amendment (ARTICLE IV, SECTION 3). Seconded by @Adri_Martinez. Motion carried 7-0-1, with one abstention coming from @anon26178869.
-For 3.5 Maintenance of Quorum, there was no stated motion/first in the recording. Second from @Joanna. The vote tally was 7-0-1, with one abstention coming from @anon26178869.
-Before proceeding with the next vote, @chima clarified that Amendment 3.1 on the slide should be 3.2.
-For the Bylaw Amendment (ARTICLE IV, SECTION 3) overall, there was no stated motion/first in the recording. Second from @Joanna. The vote tally was 7-0-1, with one abstention coming from @anon26178869.
-For the other Bylaw Amendment (ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 2), there was no stated motion/first in the recording. Second from @Joanna. The vote tally was 7-0-1, with one abstention coming from @anon26178869.
SUGGESTED EDIT: -@chima moved to change the name of the focus campaign to something similar to, but not exactly, name pending of, instead of a sole focus on Free Palestine, to Anti-popular Front/Independent Socialists Movement. Seconded by @Adri_Martinez. Motion failed 1-3-3, with three NO votes coming from @Turcotte, @Robert_H and @anon26178869 and three abstentions coming from @Joanna, @Adri_Martinez and @Bozzii. Harpreet’s vote was not captured in the recording.
-@chima moved to approve [the Free Palestine Focus Campaign] as is. Seconded by @Bozzii. Motion stated to have failed 5-2-1, with two NO votes coming from @Adri_Martinez & @anon26178869 and one abstention coming from @Joanna.
NOTE: According to Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief, “In the usual situation, where the rules require either a ‘majority vote’ or a ‘two-thirds vote,’ abstentions have absolutely no effect on the outcome of the vote since what is required is either a majority or two thirds of the votes cast. On the other hand, if the rules explicitly require a majority or two thirds of the members present, or a majority or two thirds of the entire membership, an abstention will have the same effect as a ‘no’ vote.”