Simplified Rules of Order. Before a meeting can conduct business it requires a quorum--the minimum number of members who must be present at the meeting before business can be legally transacted. The requirement of a quorum is a protection against unrepresentative action in the name of the association by an unduly small number of people.
Extra credit: Sandburg volunteered for the U.S. Army and served in Puerto Rico (but did not see combat) during the Spanish-American War of 1898... Sandburg was married to Lillian Steichen, sister to the photographer Edward Steichen, from 1908 until his death in 1967...
Sandburg, Carl (August) (Militant; Jack Philips, pen names) (1878â1967) poet, writer, folklorist; born in Galesburg, Ill. He studied at Lombard College, Galesburg (1898â1902)âwith time out for service in the Spanish-American War (1899)âand in the decades ahead would work as an editor, journalist, copywriter, lecturer, and collector of folk songs.