Voting Procedures
The following summaries the Club By-laws in relation to voting.  For full details please refer to the full Standard RIBI Club Constitution and By-laws
(pages 32 - 48 of The RIBI Constitution and The Standard Club Constitution - April 2008)

Club Meetings
Quorum:
One-third of the membership entitled to vote shall constitutea quorum at all meetings of the club. (By-law 7, Clause 5)
Voting:             
a) Voting at all meetings shall be by viva voce vote or by show of hands or by ballot at the discretion of the council, with the chairman having a second or casting vote in the event of votes being equal, except that voting shall be by ballot in the following circumstances:
      (i) Election of the president for the next year but one
      (ii) Election of the council
      (iii) Appeals against any decision of the council to terminate membership 
           (Article 10, Section 3 of the Standard Club Constitution)
(b) Amendments to the Club By-laws (under By-law 11 Clause 2(a)) shall only be made by the votes of not less than two-thirds of members of the club present and entitled to vote and voting.
(c) Any member granted leave of absence may vote by proxy only for the purpose of electing officers and ordinary members of the council at the annual general meeting of the club or at any special or extraordinary general meeting of the club called for that purpose. Any proxy, to be valid, shall be in writing and
      (i) given to another member of the club,
And (ii) recorded with the club secretary, in each case, not less than three 
          days before the meeting at which it is to be used. (By-law 7, Clause 6)

Club Council
Quorum:         
One-third of the total members of the council shall constitute a quorum (except for the election of a new member when the quorum shall be two thirds of the total membership of the council). (By-law 2, Clause 4)
Voting:            
All voting shall be by viva voce vote or by show of hands. At all meetings, in the event of votes being equal, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. (By-law 2, Clause 5)

Honorary Membership
Any person may be proposed for honorary membership by the council provided such proposal is supported by not less than two-thirds of the members of the council.

The name of the proposed honorary member shall then be submitted to the next annual general meeting or to a special meeting convened for the purpose of considering that proposal. Only members of the club shall be permitted to be present at such a meeting. If the proposal receives the support of not less than two-thirds of those present and entitled to vote then the person so proposed shall be declared to be elected immediately upon acceptance. (By-law 8, Clause 2)