"protect the rights of the members, include the absent members at meetings"


Good for you, Now you must educate all the members of your club in roberts
rules of order and there "intended use",
so that the Vote of the true majority..... not "mob rule" .....prevails at your club and its meetings.

The folks that are afraid of having a vote on an issue, are usually the ones that would lose if a vote was taken.
Our forefathers fought hard to obtain the right to vote, don't ever let anyone stop you from voting.