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...
Vinicius de Moraes (1913â1980) Vinicius de Moraes was born on October 19, 1913 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as Marcus Vinicius da Cruz de Mello Moraes. He was married to Gilda QuirÃ³s Mattoso, Marta IbÃ¡Ã±ez, Gessi Gesse, Christina GurjÃ¢o, Nelita Abreu Rocha, Maria Lucia ProenÃ§a, Lila BÃ´scoli, Beatriz Tati Azevedo and Regina Pederneiras. He died on July 9, 1980 in ...