I still feel 50+1 or +0.0000000000001 or whatever is a red herring anyway. Apart from if anyone's got that money to spare for no collateral and no actual control, you've now got the point that it will take 10 years to redraft the constitution to make it happen anyway.

Andrea’s corporate lawyer experience really amounting to statistics by that the word “and” is a key issue in resolution one. Brilliant.

I wouldn't be surprised if resolutions 1 and 2 fail because people who thought they were losing their before the event vote, who never had one in the first place (apparently) were voting against it and by proxy.

Quite, Alan.

Nick it would have made more sense to have said the proxies were all abstains as they couldn't be asked to vote - or for her not to have brought that up or him to have been clearer that he was forcing the poll or a mix of the 3. Essentially the meeting was a mess at that point.

Do the resolutions have to be 66% to pass or is it 50% ?

God help the 51%+01 vote and the quality of the negotiations if tonight is anything to go on.

All this stuff about proxy votes is nonsense- though it may be in the “rules” - surely people should just vote for or against or not at all.

sorry sparked the issues with the poll - it was her clarification that led to Jane taking issue (not unfairly) that the proxy allocations didn't include a recommendation on the poll and so it doesn't work. In which fuss it was missed that he'd said as chair that he'd just force the poll to happen. This is the problem with being caught up with all the legal technical wordplay

And actually the person who sparked the issues with the proxy was the secretary saying that the proxy votes count as voters in the room and therefore get to say on the poll - which is what tangented the whole thing and led to it not being forced through

But thanks to people posting updates. I can get annoyed by proxy.

because I gave our my proxy to someone who wasn't Angus, I cant watch the events at the meeting, in case I try to vote twice. I'm not sure whether not being able to watch is worse than watching this nonsense unfold.

... on Resolution 2.

scotty the mistake was not jumping on it when he first mistakenly said it as it sounded like he was being talked out of it by others

mark any proxies he has that say they'll allow the chair to vote as he wishes on their behalf, which I believe there usually are a fair few

Must say that all these updates on the meeting don’t make me regret not being there.

Take note how the Proxy vote hasn't been shared for Resolution 1. I fear a mistake has been made here to not force a Poll.

Sorry Lurker, don’t understand. Who gave him votes?

Well we were all warned not to appoint Angus Fox/Napoleon as proxy.

Lurker - for the first time since reform, we have the people in place. Operating on a shoe string but creating.

£30 charge to Doobs for Resolution 1 via his child care.

so only 3 people against and 6 abstentions in the room

3 against in the room 6 abstentions. Loads in favour.

Angus reading the room. Ha Ha Ha etc.

Most people talking a DTB members. I assume one isn't; Nicola Cave. Maybe she is or the constitution gives her access.