Quorum
A quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of owners is
those owners who own 25 per cent of the units of the corporation.
Determination of
quorum
To count towards the quorum, an owner must have been entitled to
receive notice of the meeting, must be entitled to vote at a meeting
and shall be present at the meeting or represented by proxy.
Loss of owner’s right to vote
An owner is not entitled to vote at a meeting if any contributions
payable in respect of the owner’s unit have been in arrears for 30 days
or more at the time of the meeting. It does not matter how little is
owed, if you are in arrears, you lose your vote.
An owner who is in arrears may vote if the corporation receives payment
of the arrears before the meeting is held.
Quorum must be
met
The meeting must meet quorum, by a combination of owners in person and
represented by proxies, before the meeting can be opened for business.
If quorum is not met, then the meeting must be adjourned and a new
meeting notice sent to all the owners.
3rd try
If the corporation cannot achieve quorum after trying twice to get 25%
of the owners at a meeting in person or by proxy, then on the third
try, the required number of owners to met quorum drops to 15%
In some condos, when quorum is not met, the meeting is delayed while
some owners in attendance go upstairs and knocked on doors requesting
owners to sign proxies to allow the meeting to proceed.
Loss of quorum
The presence of a quorum may be questioned and a count demanded at
any
time.
If enough owners have left the meeting so there is an absence of
quorum, in person or by proxy, no business can be conducted except to
adjourn to a fixed time and place.
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