--- id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011 scope: CAP-CMT-MTG-011 product_area: committees module: meetings revision: 1 status: proposed approved_by: null approved_at: null source_sha: services-committees: 36129c24daeaadcdb339218c38cdeaff9861359d react-console: baf6dae382d6f41dce976c7f848667ccc37e076f scenarios: - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-01 title: Each board is judged by its own rules, or Robert’s Rules level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-01 preconditions: A board with its own rules and a committee whose rule document is empty. steps: Open and close a motion at each. expected: The first names its own rules as the source; the second is judged and explained under Robert’s Rules defaults. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/rules-source.integration.spec.ts#opens the empty document’s decision under Robert’s Rules defaults (premise) - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/rules-source.integration.spec.ts#records Robert’s Rules defaults as the close’s rules source - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/rules-source.integration.spec.ts#names the committee’s own rules for a board that has them - react-console:acceptance/committees/playwright/journeys/decisions/CMT-ACC-0363.spec.ts#CMT-ACC-0363 provenance: test source: services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/rules-source.integration.spec.ts#opens the empty document’s decision under Robert’s Rules defaults (premise) - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-02 title: Robert’s Rules quorum and majority level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-02 preconditions: A board of nine seats under the defaults, seven present. steps: Determine the quorum and carry a roll call of six to one. expected: The quorum is five and is met; the motion carries. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - 'services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/e2e/decisions.e2e.spec.ts#determines the quorum at the call to order: more than half of nine is five, seven present' - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/e2e/decisions.e2e.spec.ts#carries the roll call 6 to 1, with its arithmetic provenance: test source: 'services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/e2e/decisions.e2e.spec.ts#determines the quorum at the call to order: more than half of nine is five, seven present' - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-03 title: A removal is judged by the removal threshold level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-03 preconditions: A board of nine whose rules require two thirds of the seats for a removal. steps: Vote a removal five to four; vote an ordinary motion five to four; open one naming a threshold the rules lack. expected: The removal fails and the member keeps serving; the motion carries; the unknown threshold is refused at opening. negative: true data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/removal-threshold.integration.spec.ts#snapshots the rules’ removal threshold when it opens - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/removal-threshold.integration.spec.ts#fails 5–4 under two-thirds of the voting seats - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/removal-threshold.integration.spec.ts#carries a motion by the same votes under the default threshold - react-console:acceptance/committees/playwright/journeys/decisions/CMT-ACC-0323.spec.ts#CMT-ACC-0323 provenance: test source: services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/removal-threshold.integration.spec.ts#snapshots the rules’ removal threshold when it opens - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-04 title: Rounding follows the rule’s wording level: unit proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-04 preconditions: Thresholds of more than half, at least two thirds and counts. steps: Compute the required number for 9, 10 and 0 seats. expected: More than half of nine is five, of ten six; at least two thirds of nine is six; nothing requires fewer than one. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: [] provenance: proposed source: services-committees:lib/governance/decision-engine.ts - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-05 title: A motion opened before attendance closes without quorum level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-05 preconditions: A board of nine with three recorded present. steps: Open a motion, vote it six to zero, close it. expected: It ends without quorum because three were present when it opened. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - react-console:acceptance/committees/playwright/journeys/decisions/CMT-ACC-0331.spec.ts#CMT-ACC-0331 provenance: test source: react-console:acceptance/committees/playwright/journeys/decisions/CMT-ACC-0331.spec.ts#CMT-ACC-0331 - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-06 title: An e-mail vote without a quorum basis carries on its votes level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-06 preconditions: An e-mail vote under rules naming no quorum basis. steps: Three vote yes; close it. expected: It carries three to nothing without a quorum. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#carries an asynchronous recorded vote of 3 to 0 cast in the portal, without a quorum provenance: test source: services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#carries an asynchronous recorded vote of 3 to 0 cast in the portal, without a quorum - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-07 title: Abstentions counted against change the result level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-07 preconditions: A board whose rules count abstentions as no. steps: Vote four yes, three no and two abstain. expected: The motion fails; under the defaults it would carry. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - react-console:acceptance/committees/playwright/journeys/decisions/CMT-ACC-0340.spec.ts#CMT-ACC-0340 provenance: test source: react-console:acceptance/committees/playwright/journeys/decisions/CMT-ACC-0340.spec.ts#CMT-ACC-0340 - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-08 title: How recusals count changes the denominator level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-08 preconditions: A board of ten with one recused, six voting yes. steps: Close under each recusal setting. expected: It carries six of nine when the recused are not eligible and fails six of ten when they count absent. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#carries 6 of the 9 eligible when the recused are not eligible - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#fails 6 of 10 when the recused count as absent provenance: test source: services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#carries 6 of the 9 eligible when the recused are not eligible - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-09 title: A tie waits for the chair level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-09 preconditions: A board whose chair votes only to break ties; a tied roll call. steps: Close it; the chair votes yes; close it again. expected: The first close is refused; the second carries. negative: true data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/consequences.integration.spec.ts#refuses to close a tie the chair has not broken, 409 chair_must_break_tie - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/consequences.integration.spec.ts#carries the tie the chair breaks with a yes - react-console:acceptance/committees/playwright/journeys/decisions/CMT-ACC-0330.spec.ts#CMT-ACC-0330 provenance: test source: services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/consequences.integration.spec.ts#refuses to close a tie the chair has not broken, 409 chair_must_break_tie - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-10 title: Tallies are judged by their counts or the chair’s declaration level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-10 preconditions: A voice vote, a show of hands, a consent item and a paper ballot. steps: Record a declaration, three to four, no objections, and five to two. expected: The voice vote carries as declared, the show of hands fails, the consent item and the ballot carry. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#carries a voice vote the chair declared carried - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#fails a show of hands of 3 to 4 - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#carries a consent item nobody objected to - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#carries a paper ballot of 5 to 2, recorded by its tally only provenance: test source: services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/decisions.integration.spec.ts#carries a voice vote the chair declared carried - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-11 title: The quorum is written to the meeting with its arithmetic level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-11 preconditions: A board of nine with five recorded present. steps: Determine the quorum. expected: Five are required, it is met, and the meeting carries the explanation. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/consequences.integration.spec.ts#finds more than half of the nine (5) met by the five present - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/consequences.integration.spec.ts#writes the result to the meeting’s quorum columns - services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/consequences.integration.spec.ts#explains the arithmetic in a sentence - react-console:acceptance/committees/playwright/journeys/meetings/CMT-ACC-0224.spec.ts#CMT-ACC-0224 provenance: test source: services-committees:modules/decisions/tests/integration/services/consequences.integration.spec.ts#finds more than half of the nine (5) met by the five present - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-12 title: No quorum verdict before the decisions milestone level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-12 preconditions: The meetings milestone delivered alone. steps: Read a meeting’s attendance. expected: It shows voting members present and proxies out of the total, with no verdict. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: [] provenance: proposed source: services-committees:docs/milestones/CMTE-M3-meetings-and-minutes.md#D6 - id: ATS-CMT-MTG-011-13 title: A present proxy holder is counted as present level: api proves: - BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-13 preconditions: A present director holding an absent director’s proxy. steps: Determine the quorum. expected: Both the holder and the represented director count toward the quorum. negative: false data_needs: A committee with a seated roster in a disposable workspace bound_to: [] provenance: proposed source: FND-CMT-MTG-005 evidence: - 'services-committees at 36129c24: decision engine and rule document, quorum determination, voting rosters, decisions persistence, CMTE-M3 record and plan' - 'react-console at baf6dae3: acceptance inventory CAP-CMT-MTG-015 and the quorum and threshold journeys cited' --- # Judge quorum and outcome by the committee’s own rules: Acceptance Test Set ## Coverage | Rule | Proved by | |---|---| | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-01` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-01` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-02` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-02` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-03` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-03` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-04` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-04` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-05` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-05` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-06` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-06` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-07` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-07` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-08` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-08` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-09` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-09` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-10` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-10` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-11` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-11` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-12` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-12` | | `BR-CAP-CMT-MTG-011-13` | `ATS-CMT-MTG-011-13` |