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Remove constant from General Meeting Quorum #51

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This change will remove the 125 constant from the quorum calculation.
In the past, the Union has been strict about the minimum possible quorum at the minimum club size (30 members), which was the origin of the 125 constant. The Union has become more relaxed in recent years. As such, the constant is no longer needed.
Last year, the society had 622 members at the time of the AGM. As such, the quorum was 28 members. Under this change, the quorum would be 25 members. This is a minor change, and if the club continues to grow, the effect will lessen further.
The main motivation for this change is to simplify the clause, especially when explained orally.

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On the last point, when people unfamiliar with the quorum hear "the square root of one hundred and twenty-five plus the number of financial members of the Society", they briefly have to consider if that means $\sqrt{125}+n$ or $\sqrt{125+n}$. Since $\sqrt{125}+n>n$, the quorum using this would be impossible, so they quickly work out it's the latter, but removing the 125 constant would prevent this entirely.

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Here's how quorum will be affected at various membership levels, with the 2022 membership marked.
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At 3970 members, the quorum will be identical via either method. This is the first value for which this happens. Above this, the quorums can differ, but are increasingly the same at the number of members increase.

Member Range Identical Quorum Rate
4000-4999 7%
5000-5999 17%
6000-6999 22%
7000-7999 29%
8000-8999 30%
9000-9999 35%
10000-10999 40%
11000-11999 45%
12000-12999 40%
13000-13999 50%
14000-14999 50%
15000-15999 50%
16000-16999 50%
17000-17999 50%
18000-18999 54%
19000-19999 58%

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LimaoC commented Oct 24, 2023

Motion (automatically) tabled @ 05/10/2023 AGM when quorum was lost

@jenseni-git jenseni-git added the sgm-2024 Pull requests that are able to be voted on during the March 2024 SGM label Mar 7, 2024
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