Name and Mission Membership Board of Directors

BY-LAWS OF OHIO AMATEUR QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION

ARTICLE I

NAME AND MISSION

The name of this organization shall be the Ohio Amateur Quarter Horse Association. Its object shall be to promote the American Quarter Horse, to improve and develop the capabilities of the amateur owner, both individually and through group participation, in the breeding, raising and exhibiting of the breed. This association shall further work in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Ohio Quarter Horse Association.

ARTICLE II

MEMBERSHIP

Membership shall consist of any person who has passed their nineteenth birthday and is a member of the Ohio Quarter Horse Association and who qualifies as an Amateur according to the rules of the American Quarter Horse Association.

ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. The Officers of this organization shall be the President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and News Reporter to be elected at the annual meeting for a term of (1) one year.

Section 2. An officer or director of the Ohio Amateur Quarter Horse Association must be an OQHA member in good standing on or before the date of the regular February meeting.

Section 3. There shall be twelve (12) directors. Elected directors shall be divided into three (3) classes of four (4) each. They shall hold office for three (3) years and until their successors are elected. Four (4) directors shall be elected each year. In addition, the Officers and Directors will appoint at least three (3) but no more than seven (7) directors by written ballot at the February meeting after the annual membership meeting, said ex-officio Directors to serve for a term of one (1) year and to be considered for quorum purposes and to have the power to vote.

Section 4. The retiring President shall automatically become a member of the Board, with voting privileges, for a term of as many years as his successor serves as President.

Section 5. Executive committee. An Executive Committee shall be selected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors in the fiscal year. Said Committee shall consist of the President and Vice President and three other members of the Board of Directors. The three shall be selected by a majority vote. Each member shall hold office for such term of one year or until his successor is elected. Any member may be removed for cause by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors present at a regular monthly meeting. Vacancies shall be filled by the Board of Directors present at a regular monthly