(Amended 2-21-03, effective 01-04)
Section 3, Terms
(A) Duration of Term
Directors shall be elected to office for a term of three (3)
years, or until their successors are elected and qualified, to
take office immediately after the next Annual Meeting.
Exception 1: If there are insufficient candidates to fill available
Board positions from a given region, current directors may run
for additional terms by making written request to the AMHA
office, postmarked no more than seven (7) business days after
the close of nominations, and be included on the ballot for reelection regardless of the number of terms served.
(C) Schedule of Elections
Elections will hereafter be held in each region as
follows:
Regions 5, 6, and 7 in 1987 and every three years thereafter
Regions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 12 in 1988 and every three years
thereafter
Regions 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13 in 1989 and every three years
thereafter
Section 4, Regional Elections
(A) Nominations
The Regular Members of each region shall submit the
names of those they wish to nominate for a Director to the
President or to his designee on form and by date requested.
The appropriate Nomination Form will be published in
the August/September Miniature Horse World or mailed
to current members. An AMHA director candidate
questionnaire shall be sent to each person who agrees to run
as a Director and a copy of that completed questionnaire
shall accompany the ballots for the appropriate region. If a
Director is found to have included statements that are false,
they can be removed from office under Rule 134, Intent to
Violate. (Amended 02-10, effective 01-11) (Amended 02-12,
effective 01-13)
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(B) Limitation of Terms
No person shall serve more than six (6) consecutive years as
a director. Service for any part of a year shall be considered
service for that year. No director, currently in office, may be
re-elected to the same office more than once. Upon serving
two (2) consecutive full or partial terms, or six (6) years
whichever is the lesser, a person is ineligible to be a director
for three (3) years thereafter. The immediate Past President,
if he is not otherwise a director, may serve one additional
year only.