OHJA 2011 Bylaws and Rules

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It’s that time of year again! Another successful show season is over, and plans for the OHJA’s 2011 year end awards banquet are well underway. This year’s banquet will be at the Marriott in Portland on Saturday, January 7, 2012. OHJA has reserved a limited number of hotel rooms at a discounted rate. For more information on the banquet and hotel reservations, please check out OHJA’s official website, www.oregonhunterjumper.org. We are looking forward to a large turnout and a festive evening.

It is also time to elect new board members for the 2012/2013 term and new JEF representatives for 2012. Enclosed with this letter is your official OHJA election ballot. To save paper and mailing and copying costs, the candidates’ full biographies have not been mailed, but are available for review on the OHJA website. If you do not have computer access or would prefer to receive a hard copy of the biographies in the mail, please email me and the biographies will be mailed to you.

It is also time to vote on a few proposed bylaw and rule changes that would take effect with the 2012 show season. The most important bylaw changes include potentially expanding the size of our Board and creating a new membership class, a Business Membership. If this class of membership is adopted, OHJA will provide marketing benefits to Business Members in exchange for their increased financial support of our organization. The Board is committed to expanding our promotional and fundraising efforts in 2012, and we are optimistic the Business Membership will be a useful marketing tool. There are relatively few and minor rule change proposals up for consideration this year. This is largely due to the massive overhaul we had over the last few years.

• The 2012 Medal Finals;
• Increasing membership involvement;
• Planning educational opportunities for 2012 (i.e., clinics, seminars, etc.);
• Promoting OHJA to the general public;
• Applying for OHJA membership online;
• Setting mid-year membership meetings; and
• Hiring an Executive Director to manage OHJA’s day-to-day affairs.

Please come to the January 8, 2012, membership meeting to vote on the 2011 bylaw and rule change proposals, as well as share your constructive ideas about improving our organization in 2012 and beyond. For your vote on the changes to count, you must vote, either in person or via proxy, at the meeting. However, for your vote on new board and JEF representatives to count, your ballot must be postmarked by January 3, 2012.

As you read through the 2012 proposed rule changes, please note the proposals are listed in the same order in which the 2011 rules at issue are written in the OHJA Rule Book. Therefore, I strongly recommend that you to review the proposed rules changes with a copy of the 2011 Rule Book at hand. If you do not have a copy, it is available on the OHJA website. If you have any questions about the rule change proposals, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Kathryn A. Hall
OHJA President