mogga wrote in
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If a site had 9 plots how many committee members would you expect a
group to have, or to be quorum etc?

(Been looking at group consitutions and they all seem to be for big
sites with over 24 plots to have at least 9 members)

(And we're talking about a new potential site here!!!)

I think 3 but have a read of this:-

The number of members that constitutes a quorum differs depending on the
assembly and is usually provided for in that assembly's governing documents
(for example, its constitution, charter, or bylaws). The quorum may also be
set by law. A quorum may be a majority, some number greater than a
majority, or some number less than a majority. While a majority of members
is often the quorum for legislative bodies, often ordinary societies
(voluntary associations) will have a smaller quorum. Robert's Rules
provides that the quorum set in an organization's bylaws "should
approximate the largest number that can be depended on to attend any
meeting except in very bad weather or other extremely unfavorable
conditions."[1]
In the absence of such a provision in the bylaws of a society or assembly,
what constitutes a quorum differs. Robert's Rules provides that in such a
case, a quorum in an assembly "whose real membership can be accurately
determined at any time—that is, in a body having an enrolled membership
composed only of persons who maintain their status as members in a
prescribed manner—the quorum is a majority of the entire membership, by the
common parliamentary law."[1] In the meetings of a convention, unless
provided otherwise in the bylaws, a quorum is a majority of registered
delegates, even if some have departed. In a mass meeting, or "in a regular
or properly called meeting" of an organization whose bylaws do not
prescribe a quorum and whose membership is loosely determined, such as many
religious congregations or alumni associations, "there is no minimum number
of members who must be present for the valid transaction of business, or
—as it is usually expressed—the quorum consists of those who attend the
meeting."[3]
In a Committee of the Whole or its variants, a quorum is the same as the
assembly unless otherwise provide in the assembly's bylaws or rules. In all
other committees and boards, a quorum is a majority of the members of the
board or committee unless the bylaws, the rule of the parent organization,
or the motion establishing the particular committee provide otherwise.
According to Robert's Rules, "a board or committee does not have the power
to determine its quorum unless the bylaws so provide."[4]