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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