Majority Rules at Holy Ghost  

Posted by Mr. Ellsworth Toohey

190 Members in good standing
43 members attend special meeting to vote on by laws
39 members vote for the new by laws
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= 100% support for the new St. Nicolas Brotherhood bylaws

Only in Phoenixville does 20.5% equals a majority.

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3 comments

Anonymous  

Mr Sir,

Please not the a quorum was not present. A HG meeting of any kind announced for the congregation must have at minimum 50 members present. No one can make a motion to override this fact. The one officer did make a motion to continue with voting in SNB bylaws therefore ignoring the bylaws of the church.

Not only did the majority of the church make a statement today - by not attending this illegal meeting which dispespects the judges ruling, they reinforced the support for the authenic SNB and the bylaws in place since the beginning as well as the lease!

Thank you for our answered prayers. Lets hope this Ely character does not continue to move forward resulting in more dues spending on more lawyers!

May 31, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Anonymous  

What the heck? This story gets more insane with each new chapter written? Where is the leadership here? Is the same person who excommunicates dissenters sitting back and watching silently as this fiasco carries on?
Why don't they just put a For Sale sign up on the whole property? There will be nothing left spiritually when all of this is done, as anyone with any sense of Christianity will have left. Great job! Great legacy!

June 1, 2009 at 6:18 AM
Anonymous  

MR GLEASON - YOU BLEW IT! READ ON!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuorumQuorum as a tool
When quorum is not met, a legislative body cannot hold a vote, and cannot change the status quo. Therefore, voters who are in favor of the status quo are able to use an obstructive strategy called, in the United States, quorum-busting. If a significant number of voters choose not to be present for the vote, the vote will fail due to lack of quorum, and the status quo will remain.

A quorum in a legislative body is normally a majority of the entire membership of the body. If there are vacancies, that fact is not considered. Thus, a quorum of a legislative body that has 100 seats would be 51 (more than half of 100), even if some seats are vacant. However, it is also common in a legislative body to have a rule that the lack of a quorum does not affect the proceedings unless a point of order is raised

June 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM

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