Q: Ri based condo association attorney recommending the following by-law changes with respect to quorum.
In anticipation of this year's annual meeting the executive board and
management are recommending the attached amendment to the
associations by-laws.
Our current quorum requires call for a minimum of 60% of the
community to participate in order for any business to be valid. When
this rule was written, a single party owned the entire property, and for
the majority of our history since, at least two thirds of the property has
been owned by a single entity. This made meeting these quorum
requirements easy to fulfill. While it is likely that meeting the 60%
requirement will not be an issue this year, in the future, a lower
number is much more common both in participation and quorum
requirements.
We are therefore recommended the quorum requirement be adjusted to
33% or about one third of the community
A: This is not the place to conduct condo association business. Meet with your attorney in private to discuss the impact of this proposed revision. §34-36.1 will likely come up during your consultation http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE34/34-36.1/INDEX.HTM
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