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Narrator: Today's word is "Quorum" — noun, pronounced /ˈkwɔːrəm/, with the stress on "quor".
Narrator: A quorum is the minimum number of members required to be present for a meeting or vote to be valid.
Narrator: In plain English, a quorum is the number of people who must show up before a committee can officially make a decision.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin quorum, meaning of whom, from the wording in commissions that appointed justices.
Narrator: "To have a quorum" describes having enough members present for a meeting to proceed and vote.
Narrator: It differs from majority because quorum is about presence, whereas majority is about votes cast.
Narrator: "We don't have a quorum" is a sense meaning too few members are present for the meeting to be official.
Narrator: Politics, corporate governance, law, committees and clubs all rely on the word quorum.
Narrator: So remember: a quorum is the minimum number for a valid meeting, from the Latin for of whom.
Speaker A: What's a quorum?
Speaker B: The minimum number! QUORUM comes from the Latin quorum, meaning of whom, so it's the fewest members needed for a meeting or vote to be valid.
Speaker A: So if not enough people turn up, you can't vote?
Speaker B: Exactly — you need a quorum first!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "We have a quorum"; "the meeting lacked a quorum"; "the quorum is five" — a fact, a failure and a number.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse quorum with majority, because quorum is about how many must be present, while majority is about how many vote for something.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: "Majority" the voting cousin, "minimum" the simpler twin, "attendance" the practical alternative. The word keeps its formal charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "quorum" in AI prompts — useful for governance apps and meeting-management tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame a rule?
Speaker B: Right. For a governance app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short rule stating that a board needs a quorum of five to pass a motion, naming one exception.
Speaker A: How about a meeting tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to frame a check:
Prompt: Draft a meeting-app alert stating that a quorum has not been reached, mentioning one reschedule option.
Speaker A: Could it help with a club bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame a constitution:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences why a club sets a quorum for its annual meeting, naming one percentage.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a legal chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short note on what happens when a committee cannot reach a quorum, naming one procedural consequence.
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