As outlined in American Morgan Horse Association bylaw 4.6: "By April 1st of each year, the Executive Director shall deliver to each member entitled to vote in the regions in which Directors are to be elected in the upcoming annual meeting of members a notice stating the number of Directors to be elected for each such Region and the final date for the filing of nominating petitions and further stating that a form for nominating petitions is available upon request without charge. Members shall be entitled to nominate candidates for the position of Regional Director by delivering to the Executive Director on or before October 1st one or more nominating petitions signed collectively by at least fifteen (15) of the members entitled to vote for a director from the Region at the upcoming annual meeting and signed by the nominee named therein to demonstrate acceptance of his nomination. Electronic signatures on nominating petitions and on a nominee’s acceptance shall be deemed acceptable."
Accordingly, the following positions will be included on 2020 election ballot distributed to AMHA members in good standing as of December 31, 2019.
One regional director for each Eastern, Central and Western Regions. At the 2020 Annual Meeting, one director from each of the Regions shall be elected to a three-year term.
For a person's name to be placed on the official ballot, that person must go through a nomination process, which consists of:
EASTERN: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, South America, Europe, Africa
CENTRAL: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Central America, all U.S. Territories, and remainder of North American except Canada
WESTERN: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Canada, New Zealand
AMHA encourages all members to consider getting involved in the governance process of the Association. If you think you might be interested, please obtain a set of nomination/election guidelines from AMHA by contacting AMHA Executive Director at execdir@morganhorse.com or calling (802) 985-4944 ext. 201.
It is important to note that prior attendance at a minimum of two AMHA Board meetings is required in order to qualify as a nominee (one meeting must be in person and one meeting may be a conference call). The next Board meetings are scheduled for:
The election results will be announced at the Annual Meeting of Members in January 2020, which is currently scheduled to be held in Lexington, Kentucky.
-- via AMHA