Talk:Quorum

Referenda

I think "quorum" applies to referendums as well as "deliberative bodies"; see Talk:Referendum#Quorum. Joestynes 08:03, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Globalise

Though the concept of Quorom is not different in other parts of the world, all the exemplar material relates to geographically specific usage. Indeed, before my edit the phrase quorom-busting was seen to refer to a global perspective - it is not generally used in the United Kingdom. I would like to see examples of how quorum is worked out in different parliamentry assmeblies and other deliberative bodies. Davidkinnen 16:42, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

I merged in sub-quorum but we need verification etc. RJFJR 16:08, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Different meaning?

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i was wondering if anybody knew of this meaning, or if it is the same one. Meommy89 21:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

The definition is wrong. Quorum does not just apply to legislative assemblies as is implied.

Cluster disk

HI,

please add notes about Quorum as a Cluster shared disk in IT.

Thanks

193.226.212.86 07:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Quorum-busting

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.

If quorum is a majority, and the vote (presumably) requires a majority, then how is this more effective than voting "Nay"? Unless quorum requires a stricter majority than the vote does, of course. 212.121.153.12 (talk) 12:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

There are organizations that only require a majority vote of the members present to make some change. In order to have a vote, there must be a minimum number of members present, a quorum. If those for the status quo know that they are going to lose, but without them there won't be enough for the change to constitute a quorum, then they don't show up to make the quorum and the change can't take place. — Val42 (talk) 04:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Can someone please add INDIANA to the quorum-busting main article section. Excerpt: Seats on one side of the Indiana House were nearly empty today as House Democrats departed the the state rather than vote on anti-union legislation. A source tells the Indianapolis Star that Democrats are headed to Illinois, though it was possible some also might go to Kentucky. They need to go to a state with a Democratic governor to avoid being taken into police custody and returned to Indiana. http://www.indystar.com/article/20110222/NEWS/110222004/House-Democrats-flee-Indiana-stop-votes LeahBethM (talk) 19:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Disappearing quorum

It seems to me that the article on the disappearing quorum is too short and does not merit a stand-alone article. It is not like the quorum article is too long... KarlFrei (talk) 12:27, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Hong Kong

Quorum-busting and attempts to thwart it are also a common feature during the annual motion debate related to 1989 Tiananmen massacre moved by a self-professed[citation needed] pro-democracy Member. The quorum is called to be counted from time to time by the Member's comrades, in order to force the pro-Beijing camp to keep some members in the chamber.

Ignoring the odd use of comrades, I'm confused by this. Isn't the lack of quorum what the pro-Beijing members want so the debate is shut down? So at most they would need to keep one member in as per the earlier examples, to call for a quorum count since it's possible no one else may do so. Nil Einne (talk) 15:57, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Pluralization

The current article explains that "quora" is not a valid pluralization of "quorum" but it does not mention what the correct pluralization is. If the article is going to discuss how not to pluralize then it should at least mention how to do so correctly. Could someone with this knowledge add a sentence to the introduction? Nippashish (talk) 21:06, 9 July 2011 (UTC)