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Badger Quarter Horse Association By-Laws

ARTICLE I: Purpose: The objective of the BQHA shall be to promote the interest of the American Quarter Horse in all ways in this geographic area

ARTICLE II: Relation to parent organization: All proceedings of this organization shall be in harmony with the policies and activities of the American Quarter Horse Association.

ARTICLE III: Membership
    SECTION 1: Membership shall be open to any reliable person, farm, or corporation actively interested in promoting the American Quarter Horse breed, regardless of race, sex, or creed.
    SECTION 2: No person, firm, farm, or corporation shall be entitled to vote on matters pertaining to the election of officers or the changing of by-laws unless they have been a member of good standing for at least three months.
    SECTION 3: Any person, firm, farm, or corporation having joining this association shall therefore become subject to the rules and by-laws then in force or later adopted by the association and shall be subject to expulsion and/or suspension from the organization as provided by these by-laws.
    SECTION 4: The following acts, when proof of their commission shall have been established by evidence satisfactory to the executive committee of the organization, shall in themselves be full and sufficient grounds for expelling or suspending any person, firm, farm, or corporation, from membership.
                    A.  Any member expelled or suspended by AQHA is automatically expelled or suspended from this organization.
                    B.  Anyone not paying the ten dollar insufficient fund fee for a returned check or making the check good within 60 days can be suspended.
    SECTION 5:  The President has the right to bestow life memberships to a member or members for exemplary service.

ARTICLE IV:  Officers
    SECTION 1:  The officers of this organization shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.  All terms of office shall be of a two year duration.
                    A.  The President shall serve for no more than four consecutive years.
    SECTION 2:  Nominations of these officers shall be made from the floor at the October meeting of the association in each even-numbered year.  They shall be elected by a majority of association members through direct mail ballots.  Any members nominated for these offices must have been members for at least one calendar year prior to the election.  These officers shall take office in January.
    SECTION3:  The Board of Directors shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be the retiring President.  He/She shall remain in that position until another retiring President assumes his/her duties.  Remaining directors shall serve terms of two years each after the adoption of this provision.
    SECTION 4: If a director (a) resigns, (b) is incapacitated, (c) is no longer a member in good standing as stated in ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, or (d) fails to attend three consecutive meetings without a satisfactory reason or designating an alternate, he/she may be removed from office for said cause by a vote of members present upon the recommendation of the executive committee.  If a director is to be replaced for any reason, the vacancy will be filled upon recommendation of the executive committee until the previous director's term expires.

ARTICLE V:  Officers' Duties
    SECTION 1:  The President shall preside at all regular and special meetings of the association and perform such other duties as are usually attached to that office.
    SECTION 2:  The Vice President shall assume the duties of the President when that officer is absent or for other reasons unable to act.  He/She is responsible for enforcing the organization by-laws at all meetings.
    SECTION 3:  The Secretary shall perform the usual duties developing upon such an officer subject to the authority of the executive committee, including the taking of roll at all meetings.
    SECTION 4:  The Treasurer shall perform the duties developing upon such an officer, subject to the authority of the executive committee.
    SECTION 5:  The executive committee shall consist of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and the Board of Directors.
    SECTION 6:  The past President shall act as a liaison between the BQHA and any organization to which BQHA might belong and is subject to the executive committee.