3.4 Signatory Authorisation:
A financial membership may appoint another individual to
lodge and sign paperwork on their behalf. This must be
done in writing on a Signatory Authorisation form and
lodged with the Association. Cancellation of the
authorisation must be made in writing to the Association.
3.5 Membership Showing Rules:
a) To gain points for a Horse, Youth or Amateur, fro m any
competition, the horse must be registered in a financial
Life, Honorary Life, Full, Constituent or Youth
membership;
b) The Amateur exhibitor must be a financial member who
holds a current Amateur permit to gain points from
Amateur classes and the Youth exhibitor must be a
financial member to gain points in Youth classes;
c) Exhibitor must hold an individual financial Life,
Honorary Life, Full or Youth Membership in their own
name in order to exhibit at any State Quarter Horse
Show or at the Association’s National Show;
d) For a horse to be exhibited at any State Quarter Horse
Show or at the Association’s National Show, the horse
must be registered with the Association in a current
financial Life, Honorary Life, Full, Youth or Constituent
membership;
e) To apply for an Amateur/Select Amateur Permit the
individual must hold a current individual Life or Full
membership;
f) An Amateur must hold a current Amateur Permit prior to
exhibiting at a show.
3.6 Board of Directors
a) The only members eligible to be elected as Directors
are:
i) natural persons who are Life members, Honorary
Life or Full members;
ii) have been financial members of the Association, in
their name only, for the past three (3) consecutive
years;
iii) resident in Australia;
iv) are not employees of the Association?
b) Voting Privileges
A Full, individual Life or Honorary Life member is
eligible to vote in the Board elections, and to attend and
vote at an Annual General Meeting or a referendum if
their membership is financial.
Youth and Associate Members cannot vote in the Board
elections or vote at the Annual General Meeting or in a
referendum, but can attend the Annual General Meeting
if their membership is financial.
The nominee of an Affiliate, Constituent or Life
Membership is eligible to vote in the Board elections,
and to attend and vote at an Annual General Meeting or
a referendum if the membership is financial.
3.7 Full Membership
An individual person is entitled to apply for a Full
membership within the Association.
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