We're proposing a new voting membership status to help us track active members. If you've voted in a Board election in the last two years, you're active, and you count toward quorum. If you haven't, you're still a member, but you won't count toward quorum until you tell us you want to vote.
Quorum today is measured against every member on the rolls, including members who no longer take part in elections. As membership grows, quorum becomes harder to reach and puts our elections' validity at risk.
Defining a quorum around active members is standard practice for nonprofits. Counting the entire membership roll is the outlier.
The Python Software Foundation takes a similar approach.
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