BYLAWS
(B) At the Annual Meeting, the Bylaws Committee Chairperson
will explain each proposed Bylaw amendment, and the
members in attendance will vote “yes” or “no” with no
changes permitted at that time. An affirmative vote of twothirds of the registered Regular Members present and voting
at any Annual or special meeting shall be required to amend
a Bylaw.
(C) Implementation
Those amendments that have been ratified by the
membership at the Annual Meeting or special meeting will
go into effect on January 1st in the proceeding year and the
Rulebook will be printed annually.
(Amended 02-06, effective 01-07)
These Bylaws of The American Miniature Horse Association,
Inc., were approved and adopted on November 14, 1999.
ARTICLE XX – INTERNATIONAL
Section 1, Enumeration
International refers to all geographic locations outside of the
current AMHA recognized regions (see Article VII, Section 1-D)
Section 2, Honorary Director (Effective 01-11)
(A)
Each AMHA Approved International Club shall be
responsible for elections to select a recommended appointee
to be confirmed by the AMHA Board of Directors. The
name of the recommended appointee must be received in
the AMHA Office on or before January 15th of the calendar
year. Honorary Directors will be confirmed by the Board of
Directors at their next meeting.
(B) Additional honorary directors may be appointed if necessary
due to large geographic areas or the absence of an AMHA
recognized club at the AMHA Board of Directors discretion.
(C) Each honorary director shall be an AMHA member in good
standing.
(D) International honorary directors must speak, write and read
English as well as the language of their country of residence.
(E)
Any member in a geographic region without the
representation of an AMHA Approved International Club
may make application to the Association, said application
stating the applicant’s reasons for seeking the position and
their desired accomplishments.
(F) Duties
a.
International Honorary Director will serve as
designated person for communications from their
constituents to the AMHA and be responsible for
distribution of information from the AMHA to their
constituents.
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