J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum One Design Class Rules By-Laws, Districts, Fleets and Voting

Back to the original topic on how the rules can be changed. The class rules state that unless we modify rule 1.7 first, the procedure for taking a vote is etched in stone.

1.7 These Class Rules may be amended, altered, added to, or repealed by a majority of the members of the Board of Governors present and voting at a meeting called for such purpose on at least 30 days notice. A quorum shall consist of 40% of the Governors who were serving at the time of the notice, and no action shall be taken without a quorum.

Thus - if the BOG proposed a change to rule 1.7, voted the change per the existing rules, then once the change took effect the modified method of voting could be used.

Procedurally, we have adapted the following methods to obtain the required BOG quorum in a number of ways including:
1. Face to face meeting augmented with people on the phone (e.g. the meeting held annually at the NAs)
2. A scheduled meeting via telecon
3. Email votes
4. Votes cast on the Board of Governors section in the forum.

Basically - we have no problem obtaining the 40% quorom needed in order to properly vote on a proposed rules change.