Talk:Quorum

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Contents 1 Referenda 2 Globalise 3 Different meaning? 4 Cluster disk 5 Quorum-busting

[edit] Referenda

I think "quorum" applies to referendums as well as "deliberative bodies"; see Talk:Referendum#Quorum. Joestynes 08:03, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Globalise

Though the concept of Quorom is not different in other parts of the world, all the exemplar material relates to geographically specific usage. Indeed, before my edit the phrase quorom-busting was seen to refer to a global perspective - it is not generally used in the United Kingdom. I would like to see examples of how quorum is worked out in different parliamentry assmeblies and other deliberative bodies. Davidkinnen 16:42, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

I merged in sub-quorum but we need verification etc. RJFJR 16:08, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Different meaning?

We work on aerobes and anaerobes, on methanogens and metallogens, on genes and genomes, on quorum sensing, global signaling pathways, symbionts, pathogens and biofilm communities. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Microbes! --www.micro.cornell.edu//

i was wondering if anybody knew of this meaning, or if it is the same one. Meommy89 21:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cluster disk

HI,

please add notes about Quorum as a Cluster shared disk in IT.

Thanks

193.226.212.86 07:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quorum-busting

voters who are in favor of the status quo are able to use an obstructive strategy called, in the United States, quorum-busting. If a significant number of voters choose not to be present for the vote, the vote will fail due to lack of quorum, and the status quo will remain.

If quorum is a majority, and the vote (presumably) requires a majority, then how is this more effective than voting "Nay"? Unless quorum requires a stricter majority than the vote does, of course. 212.121.153.12 (talk) 12:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

There are organizations that only require a majority vote of the members present to make some change. In order to have a vote, there must be a minimum number of members present, a quorum. If those for the status quo know that they are going to lose, but without them there won't be enough for the change to constitute a quorum, then they don't show up to make the quorum and the change can't take place. — Val42 (talk) 04:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)