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AQHA Director’s Report
AQHA’s bylaws and rules of registra- tion.
Nominations and Credentials Com- mittee
Four bylaw changes were con-
By Kathy Patterson AQHA Director
AQHA Awards Celebration The annual American Quarter
Horse Association Awards Celebration is slated for November 11 at the Na- tional Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Recogni- tion of year-end high-point award winners had previously been held at the AQHA convention. Based on sur- vey results of award winners from the previous three years, AQHA an- nounced last fall that the 2017 cere- mony would coincide with the 2018 Lucas Oil AQHA World Champi- onship Show also in Oklahoma City. The AQHA Awards Celebration
honors the 2017 open, amateur and Equestrians With Disabilities year-end high-point winners; Justin Boots Inter- mediates of the Year; exhibitor of the year; Don Burt Professional Horse- man of the Year; AQHA Professional Horsewoman of the Year; and Most Valuable Professional awards. All members, especially attendees of the 2018 Lucas Oil World, are encouraged to purchase tickets to this fun and ex- citing event that highlights your peers. After the “Oscar-style” awards pres- entation, attendees are invited to enjoy live entertainment, presented by Michael Murphy’s Dualing Pianos. It is sure to be a great event you won’t want to miss! Although the event date and lo-
cation have moved, 2017 year-end high-point winners will be mailed their year-end high-point buckles so they can show off their accomplish- ment throughout the year. The year- end high-point trophies will be presented in November. The 2017 racing year-end high-point winners were recognized January 17 at the AQHA Racing Champions Announce- ments at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City. The 2017 youth year-end high- point winners will continue to be rec- ognized during the Parade of Teams at the 2018 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show.
AQHA Bylaw and Registration Changes Modifications to AQHA by-
laws, as well as nine registration-re- lated items, were approved by AQHA members and the AQHA Board of Di- rectors at the 2018 AQHA Convention in March. The board of directors has the final authority when it comes to
sidered by the AQHA Nominations and Credentials Committee at the 2018 convention. Here are the recom- mendations that were approved by AQHA Board of Directors: 1. To deny proposals to modify Article III of the Bylaws to (a) create a 10- year term limit for elected directors, international directors and appointed international directors and (b) create a new category of directors (directors cum laude). Instead, a group consist- ing of the members of the Nomina- tions and Credentials Committee at the 2018 convention shall study Arti- cle III for purposes of recommending potential solutions to address AQHA’s growing board size and accessibility to new candidates. Such group shall report its initial solutions to AQHA by August 1, 2018. The group’s final rec- ommended solutions, if any, shall be placed on the Nominations and Cre- dentials agenda for the 2019 AQHA Convention. 2. To approve recommendation to modify Bylaw Article III Sections 1(c)(d)&(f) to require all directors with voting privileges to timely sub- mit their Year-End Directors Survey and IRS Form 990 Board of Directors Annual Reporting Questionnaire, fail- ing which they shall be automatically removed from the board (if they are an elected director or international direc- tor) or lose their voting privileges (if they are a director emeritus, director- at-large or honorary vice president). 3. To approve adding a new provision to Bylaw Article III Sections 1(c)(d)&(f) specifying that directors emeritus, directors-at-large and hon- orary vice presidents do not have to serve on an AQHA standing commit- tee if they so choose. 4. To approve request to modify Bylaw Article III Section 1(f) to re- name the international district “Oceana and Others” to “Australasia- Africa.”
Stud Book and Registration Com- mittee
The following Stud Book and
Registration Committee agenda item approvals were adopted by AQHA Board of Directors: 1. To approve the Executive Commit- tee developing a business plan to move forward with microchip identi- fication implementation. 2. To approve task force’s recommen- dation that the rules not be changed to allow the registration of offspring re- sulting from the breeding of an Ap- pendix to Appendix. 3. To approve member’s request to amend REG102 as follows: In regard to involuntary transfers pertaining to an unregistered horse, including, but not limited to court judgment, stable- man’s lien or security interest foreclo- sure, AQHA may accept the signature
of the interested party or stableman on a foal application for registration in lieu of the record mare owner at time of foaling and on a transfer report if: (1) the interested party had possession of the unregistered horse and its dam at time of foaling, (2) the judgment or foreclosure was made against the owner as reflected on AQHA records, (3) the stallion owner at time of breed- ing provides a breeder’s certificate, (4) the foal is parentage-verified through DNA testing, (5) all other registration requirements are satisfied, and (6) the interested party signs an indemnity waiver releasing AQHA from all fu- ture claims pertaining to the horse. In the event an interested party did not have possession of the mare and foal at time of foaling, the interested party will need to provide a court judgment as evidence of ownership being awarded to the interested party. AQHA may accept the signature of the party awarded ownership by the court on a foal application for registration in lieu of the recorded mare owner at time of foaling and on a transfer report so long as: (1) the judgment explicitly identifies the horse, (2) the judgment was against the owner reflected on AQHA records for the mare at time of foaling, (3) the stallion owner pro- vides a breeder’s certificate, (4) the foal is parentage-verified through DNA testing, (5) all other registration requirements are satisfied, and (6) the interested party signs an indemnity waiver releasing AQHA from all fu- ture claims pertaining to the horse. 4. To approve the Executive Commit- tee creating a task force to evaluate criteria for inclusion of additional tests in the genetic panel test. 5. To approve the recommended changes to REG102.3 and REG110.5 with regard to listing a Thoroughbred on AQHA records since The Jockey Club is eliminating printed certificates beginning with the 2018 foal crop. (Previously, AQHA rules required a photocopy of the Thoroughbred’s reg- istration certificate when registering a foal by or out of that Thoroughbred.) 6. To approve the recommended changes to REG112 to clarify the re- quirements for oocyte and embryo permits, while also approving the con- cept of allowing a stallion owner to sign an embryo permit application without releasing the breeder’s certifi- cate. 7. To approve the recommended changes/deletions to rules REG108.2 and REG108.3 so as make them con- sistent with rules that require all mares and stallions to be DNA-typed before foals can be registered. 8. To approve removing REG108.4 since all breeding stallions are now re- quired to have a genetic panel test on file with AQHA. 9. To approve adding REG109.8.7 as follows: For determining the above defined marking limitations, an in- spection of a horse, including a horse in a standing position, may be con- ducted from any angle or distance from the horse, and the person con-
The Canadian Quarter Horse Association is an affiliate of the AQHA. Annual membership is
on-line, visit the CQHA web site:
www.cqha.ca, and choose
free to current members of AQHA. To enroll
Choose “Affiliates” to link to provincial Quarter Horse & Racing Association sites. Contact: CQHA President,
Wayne Burwash, ph: 403-246-8283, email:
president@cqha.ca
ducting the inspection may be in a standing, crouching or any other position. After convention, the
board of directors’ recom- mendations from all of the other standing committees goes to the AQHA Execu-
tive Committee to consider during its April meeting. The Executive Committee can approve, modify, table, deny or send a recommen- dation back for considera- tion at the next year’s convention.
Additional committee
reports will be included in my next report. Till next time if I can be of assis- tance, please contact me at: Phone: (519) 345-2861, or by
e-mail
tbrkathy@hsfx.ca. at: “Membership” section.
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