> My understanding, which I sube erroneous, is that the Universal House of > Justice differs from local and national assemblies, in that all members have > to be involved in making the decision, and that "a majority" would by > definition be comprised of five people, whereas for local and national > assemblies a minimum of five may be present, making the majority three. I > have always assumed that "a majority" in this passage means a majority of > the nine, so five people.
You may be right there. But I looked at the Constitution and Bylaws, and don't see any provision for what the House deems a majority vote, i.e. do five members have to vote for everything, even if only five members are present for a decision. I just don't know of anything published on that account. I think this is an aspect of the work of the House that is actually more complex, and is not published because different kinds of matters need different levels of review. I have also read a statement made by a House member at a talk, that most of their decisions are unanimous. I believe it was a statement from David Hofman on the occasion of his retirement from that body, who said that in twenty years he recalled 2 times when the vote was not unanimous; something on that order. Brent ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
