Originally Posted by
gdeluca
Just so I am clear, do you feel this issue is "trivial?"
I certainly do. It is made trivial by the addition of the following:
A motion shall pass if two-thirds of TalkBoard members participating in that vote, but no fewer than a majority of the TalkBoard members in office at the close of the voting period, vote ‘yes.’
As TB almost always has 9 members, that paragraph means that 5 must vote "yes".
Let's see what this changes:
6, 7, 8, or 9 vote "Yes" and the motion passes even without this change.
1, 2, 3, or 4 vote "Yes" and the motion fails with or without this change.
5 vote yes, 3 vote no, and 1 abstains: The vote gets 62.5% and fails, with or without this change.
The only change will be where 5 vote "yes" and 2 or less vote "no" with the remainder abstaining. I can not remember that ever happening.