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CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE HORSE of the AMERICAS REGISTRY
Article VII
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
Section 1. Incumbents should be auto nominated to their offices unless they have notified the board that they want to step down. The Nominating Committee should look for someone to fill said office from within the membership. The report of the Nominating Committee shall be included in the notice for the meeting held for the purpose of electing officers and shall be reported to the membership at the meeting. Nominations shall also be opened from the floor.
a. All nominees for offices of the Registry shall be members in good standing and members of the Registry for at least one (1) year prior to elections with the exception of the first two (2) years of the Registry’s existence.
b. No name shall be placed in nomination without permission of the nominee.
Section 2. Officers shall be elected by ballot by the members at the annual meeting except should there be only one (1) nominee for any office, election for that office shall be by acclimation. A majority vote of those present shall be required to elect an officer.
Section 3. A director may ask for an official ballot should he or she be unable to attend the annual meeting or a called meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that ballots be requested within fifteen (15) days of notification of an election and received by the Registry Secretary no later than three (3) business days prior to the actual election.
Article VIII
COMMITTEES
Section 1. The NOMINATING COMMITTEE shall be composed of five (5) members appointed by the President for a term of two (2) years.
Section 2. The MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE shall promote membership in the Registry. The Committee shall be composed of three (3) members with one being appointed each year for a term of three years except for first year of the Registry when one member will be appointed for three years, one member for two years and one member for one year.
Section 3. The RECORDS COMMITTEE shall provide advice and counsel on matters of policy on all Registry and Strain Criteria. They shall be responsible for the proper collection, secure storage and proper distribution of all Registry Records. The committee shall be composed of the President, Registrar, the Secretary, the Strain Criteria Director, Promotional Director and the Executive Committee with the Registrar serving as Chairman.
Section 4. The BUDGET COMMITTEE shall prepare a budget for approval by the Board of Directors at the annual meeting. The committee shall be composed of three (3) members consisting of the Treasurer and two members with one member being appointed each year for a term of two years.
Section 5. The PROJECT FUNDING COMMITTEE shall solicit funds, equipment and supplies for projects approved by the Board of Directors. The committee shall be composed of three members with one member being appointed each year for a term of two years.
Section 6. The PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE shall develop and implement a program to promote the Registry and its policies, aims and objectives to the public. The committee shall be chaired by the Promotional Director and six members with two members appointed each year for terms of three years.
Section 7. ACTIVITY COMMITTEES shall be formed to promote, plan and develop activities and events for Colonial Spanish Horses in specific areas of equine competition such as in cattle work, gaited competitions, speed events, dressage, hunter/jumper, endurance, competitive trail riding, etc. Such a committee may be formed as soon as the Board of Directors receives and approves a request to form such an activity committee from individual members, a Strain Club or an organization desiring to promote Colonial Spanish Horses in that specific area. Once such an activity committee has made its recommendations to the Awards Director, that Director will report his or her recommendations to the Board of Directors to implement the creation of an awards program recognizing outstanding accomplishment in that activity.
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