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Last Call for CQHA Annual General
Meeting
Boardroom II - Capri Conference Centre, Red Deer, Alberta
Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
(Carberry, MB -
January 5, 2012) --- CQHA cordially
invites you to attend our 2012 Annual General Meeting to be held in
conjunction with the 2012 Annual Horse Breeder and Owners Conference,
in Red Deer, Alberta. The CQHA is proud to be a sponsor of this 30th
Annual Horse Breeders and Owners Conference and invites you to visit
our booth and meet our Board members in the display hall sometime over
the weekend.
Everyone is
invited to our AGM, there is no fee or pre-registration required to
attend our meeting. You do not have to be a CQHA member to attend
(unless you wish to vote). If you wish to vote, you may become a CQHA
member at NO extra membership fee. If you are a current AQHA member,
you may register on-line at:at this link: membership registration.
Or, if you are not a current AQHA member, you may apply for a
CQHA Direct membership at this link: membership application
or pay your membership fee prior to the start of the 2012 AGM.
We are privileged to have as our AGM keynote speaker Prof. Richard
Wilcke of the University of Louisville's Equine Industry Program, the
only accredited business college program with horses in the United
States.
Prof. Wilcke is the immediate past president of the
Kentucky Quarter Horse Association and co-founded the KQHA's Public
Policy Committee, the first state public policy committee of any AQHA
affiliate. He has been a major force in the use of state lobbyists -
planning legislative receptions, advising legislators on a number of
issues and spending time in Washington, DC.
Prof Wilcke will speak on the topic of mobilizing grassroots
members with regard to proposed legislation affecting horse ownership.
The appearance of this engaging keynote speaker at our AGM, is being
generously sponsored (for the fourth consecutive year) by the
North American Equine Ranching Information Council
Besides the
usual association business, there will be two proposals on the AGM
agenda to amend the CQHA Constitution and By-Laws:
- 1) to reduce the number of
members required to be present at the AGM to constitute a quorum
- 2) to limit the number of
consecutive years a Director may be serve in any one executive
position - President, Past-President, Vice-President, Secretary
and/or Treasurer. Notice of these proposals was presented during
the 2011 AGM in Ottawa, Ontario.
The Annual Horse
Breeders and Owners Conference is held each January in Red Deer,
Alberta, and features internationally recognized speakers on a wide
range of topics of interest to horse owners, breeders and professionals.
In addition to the CQHA AGM, we encourage our CQHA members to
participate in this valuable weekend conference January 13 - 15,
2012 (there is a conference registration fee). For more
information regarding the conference speakers, agenda or to pre-register,
please visit their website at:Horse Industry
Association of Alberta.
For accommodations,
contact the Capri Centre at 1-800-662-7197. Indicate you are with the
Horse Breeders & Owners Conference. Room rates vary with room type.
Please call for rates.
Additional
accommodations have been arranged at the Red Deer Lodge and Sandman
Hotel. Please call and indicate you are with the Horse Breeders &
Owners Conference.
Red Deer Lodge 1- 800-661-1657 (Code HBOF) - rates
starting at $109
Sandman Hotel 403-343-7400 (Block #190058)- rates
starting at $99
CQHA is looking
into shuttle services from the Calgary airport to the conference centre
in Red Deer for those who may be flying in. Should you need this
airport shuttle service, please contact Marnie Somers after you have booked your flight and
hotel.
A shuttle may
also be set up between Grand Prairie and Red Deer with stops along the
way, if interest warrants it, please contact the host group by email
at: Horse Industry Association of Alberta, for
more information.
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