[volunteers] How many votes does the election need?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Andrew Fife (afife at untangle.com):

> How many votes does the election need to be considered representative
> of the general membership and therefore legitimate?  30 seems like an
> appropriate minimum number.  10 would certainly be too low.  What do
> others think?

I would certainly propose that if there were fewer than 30 people
_attending_, then all those people present should, if they have any common
sense, voluntarily avoid purporting to elect anyone until a subsequent
occasion -- and I'd expect that the candidates would also insist on the 
same thing, so that they'd not face continual criticism about being put
into office by a room with only 10, or only 20, people in it.

That doesn't sound likely; Kyle Rankin is a good speaker, and it's an
interesting topic.

To answer your question as posed:  SVLUG has never had quorum
requirements for its general elections, otherwise.