Board of Directors Elections

If you or someone you know is interested in being a part of the FHANA Board of Directors, now is the time to submit the nomination. 

6.4 Election of Directors.The election of the Board of Directors shall be conducted as follows:

1. On or before January 1st of each year, the Association shall mail to each general voting member a notice that the Association will receive nomination for the office of Director. The notice shall provide a period of no less than thirty (30) days in which to return the nominations.
2. Any two (2) general voting members, in good standing, may nominate any other member who is eligible to hold office and in good standing with the Association, other than a body corporate, for election as a Director by a written letter addressed to the Secretary at the principal office of the Association, provided that the member so nominated has endorsed his consent to such nomination in writing.
3. All such nominations must be received by the Secretary at the office of the Association on or before the date specified for the receiving of nominations and any nomination received after such date shall be invalid.
4. To avoid conflicts of interest, nominees for the Board of Directors shall not be board officers for any other horse related association for a period of one (1) year prior to receiving a nomination to the Board and shall not serve as a board officer for any other horse related association while serving on the Board, if elected.
5. After the date specified for receipt of nominations, the Board shall cause a ballot to be prepared containing the names of those person duly nominated with any other information that the Board deems advisable and shall cause one (1) ballot, together with voting instruction and voting envelopes, to be mailed to each general voting member. The voting instruction will provide at least thirty (30) days to return the ballot. Any ballot sent by mail shall be deemed to have been served on the first business day following that on which the letter was mailed with pre-paid postage to the last address on record with the Association. The inadvertent admission to give notice to any general voting member or the non-receipt by any member of such mail ballot shall not invalidate the outcome of the ballot.
6. A parent, child, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of an existing officer on the Board shall not hold an office on the Board at the same time.
7. General voting members shall vote for the election of Director by completing the ballot in accordance with the voting instructions and return the ballot to the address set forth in the voting instructions. Ballots postmarked or certified received after the deadline specified in the voting instructions shall be invalid.
8. The President, or Vice-President, if the President is unavailable to do so, shall appoint two (2) members who are not members of the Board to act as a jury for the counting of the ballots. If two members are not available for appointment as a jury, a disinterest non-member(s) may be appointed.
9. Within fifteen (15) days of the deadline for ballot postmarks, the Secretary of the Association or his designee shall count all ballots duly received in the presence of the jury so appointed. The results of the election shall be certified by the Secretary, or his designee, if appointed and the jury.
10. Should a tie vote occur, the two candidates shall be consulted by the Board to determine if one is willing to cede the position to the other. If neither candidate is willing to cede to the other, the Board shall then vote to break the tie. The candidate receiving the majority of the votes cast by the Board will thereby be chosen as the Director.
11. The results of the election shall be announced to the general membership at the next scheduled mailing to the membership following the certification of the election.
12. Ballots shall be retained for ninety (90) days following the announcement of the election results to the membership