What is the term for the required number of members present needed to carry out business at a meeting?

• A. Quorum
• B. Absentee Voting
• C. Assembly
• D. Ad hoc committee

Answer: (A)

Quorum is the minimum number of members who must be present for a meeting to officially carry on business. This threshold ensures that decisions have legitimacy and reflect more than just a small subset of the group. It’s usually defined in the bylaws or governing documents, and it can be a simple majority or another fixed number. If enough people aren’t present to reach quorum, the meeting can’t formally act and may be adjourned or continued later.

Absentee voting refers to casting votes without being at the meeting, which is unrelated to attendance thresholds. An assembly is the group gathered, not the required attendance. An ad hoc committee is a temporary group formed for a specific purpose, not the attendance rule itself.