sec.57Voting at committee meetings [SM, s 65 ]

sec.57 Voting at committee meetings [SM, s 65 ]

This section states how motions are decided at a meeting of the committee. A motion is decided by a majority of votes of the voting members present and entitled to vote on the motion who are voting. Without limiting subsection (2) , if a quorum is present, a motion decided by a majority of the votes of the voting members present and entitled to vote on the motion is a decision of the committee. Each voting member present and entitled to vote on a motion to be decided has 1 vote on the motion. To avoid any doubt, it is declared that a voting member who is an executive member has only 1 vote, even if the person holds more than 1 of the positions of chairperson, secretary and treasurer. In this section— present means present personally, by proxy or by electronic means. (sec.57-ssec.1) This section states how motions are decided at a meeting of the committee. (sec.57-ssec.2) A motion is decided by a majority of votes of the voting members present and entitled to vote on the motion who are voting. (sec.57-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (2) , if a quorum is present, a motion decided by a majority of the votes of the voting members present and entitled to vote on the motion is a decision of the committee. (sec.57-ssec.4) Each voting member present and entitled to vote on a motion to be decided has 1 vote on the motion. (sec.57-ssec.5) To avoid any doubt, it is declared that a voting member who is an executive member has only 1 vote, even if the person holds more than 1 of the positions of chairperson, secretary and treasurer. (sec.57-ssec.6) In this section— present means present personally, by proxy or by electronic means.