ARTICLE 8

QUORUM

1. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Association unless a quorum is formed at the time when the meeting proceeds to business provided quorum shall not be required for the Plenary Session and meetings of the National Advisory Council and Committee of Past Presidents.
2. Unless otherwise prescribed herein in this Constitution, the presence in person of FIFTY (50) members shall constitute such a quorum for the ADM or an Emergency Delegates Meeting (EDM) provided that FIFTEEN (15) branches shall be represented.
3. The quorum of Council at all meetings shall be TWENTY (20) members provided HALF of the total number of branches are represented, two of the members shall be President or a Vice-President if the President is not available and the Secretary- General or Deputy Secretary-General, or the presence of the President, 1st Vice-President,2nd Vice-President and any other National Officer.

The Council shall hold a meeting at least once every FOUR MONTHS .
4. Unless otherwise prescribed in this Constitution quorum at all meetings of Committees, Task Forces or any body set up by the Association shall be one-half where the total voting membership is six or less, and one-third where the total voting membership is greater than six, in either case any fraction shall be approximated to the nearest higher whole number.
5. A State branch or affiliated body shall have power to establish its own necessary quorum for all members taking into consideration the size of its membership.
6. Quorum shall be constituted by voting members only.
7. Where quorum is formed at a meeting and a Chairman and/or Secretary of a Committee /NDC /Task Force or any other ad-hoc body by whatever name is absent, the members present at the meeting shall elect a Chairman and/or Secretary from among themselves for the purpose of proceeding with the business of that meeting only.
8. QUORUM FOR AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND STANDING ORDERS. There shall be a quorum call before the item on amendment(s) is taken on the agenda of the ADM.
The quorum for amendments of the Constitution and Standing Orders shall be the presence in person of one hundred (100) delegates from at least twenty State branches provided at least two past presidents shall also be present.
The process of amending the Constitution and the Standing Orders shall terminate immediately this quorum is lost.