AQHA members have opportunity to shape the world’s largest equine association.

AQHA members are vital to the Association and have been influential in shaping the organization since its founding in 1940. The opportunity to propose new rules or changes allows members to voice their ideas and help continue to improve AQHA. If you are an AQHA member, you can submit a suggestion for a rule change for the AQHA Official Handbook. All proposals are due by December 31, 2009. Constructive rule change proposals will then be assigned to the respective committee(s) and included on the AQHA Web site, with an invitation for members to submit comments.

AQHA asks that members take the following steps when writing a proposal:

• Define the problem and develop as many possible solutions as you can by asking others for input.
• Choose one possible solution that appears to be the most appropriate and that fits the mission and goals of AQHA.
• Determine if any other rules would be affected if your proposal is adopted, and specify the rule   numbers.
• Submit proper wording for a proposed rule change by typing or neatly printing the exact wording being proposed. If you propose changes to existing language, strike through the words you propose to delete. Type in bold and italics the words you propose to add.

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All proposals must be received by December 31, 2009. E-mail or mail them to the appropriate department at P.O. Box 200, Amarillo, TX 79168.

Thanks for being part of AQHA and helping to make the Association even better.

Happy trails,

Don Treadway
AQHA Executive Vice President