The Friesian Horse Association of North America

“Associate member - any person who is a citizen or resident of the united states or canada and does not own a kfps registered friesian horse can become an associate member. An associate member in good standing will receive general communications of the association and may attend association general membership meetings but cannot vote in association proceedings and is not eligible for election to the board of directors. Full member - any owner of at least one kfps-registered friesian horse and who is a citizen or resident of the united states or canada can become a full member. A full member will receive the general communications of the association, may attend association meetings, and is entitled to one vote in association proceedings and, if at least eighteen years old, is eligible for election to the board of directors. Business member - a partnership or corporation registered in the united states or canada can become a business member provided at least one kfps-registered friesian horse is owned within or by the group. A business member in good standing will receive the general communications of the association, may attend association meetings, is entitled to one vote in association proceedings and one member of the group who is at least eighteen years old is eligible for election to the board of directors. Honorary member - any person who has made a significant personal contribution to the association may be nominated by an association member and is elected by unanimous vote of the board of directors. An honorary member is not eligible for election to the board of directors. Sport/pleasure member - is any owner of at least one registered friesian horse and who is a citizen or resident of north american a sport/pleasure member in good standing is entitled to one vote in association proceedings, is eligible for election to the board of directs, receives "the friesian" magazine, may take advantage of the various fhana benefits. The sport/pleasure member has no ability to register horses, no ability to register horses for inspection, ibop, or abfp testing and has no access to the kfps database.”

“A) voting members - sport/pleasure, full or business members qualified to vote as members of the board of directors and in good standing.”

“The board of directors receive a copy of form 990 and review for completeness. The executive director ensures timely filing of form 990.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed on an annual basis.”

“The executive directors' compensation was originally set by an outside source. The outside source did comparable data studies in determining compensation. All personnel are reviewed annually by the board of directors. All employees' compensation is determined by the board of directors using comparable data and evaluations are performed annually.”

“The organization's documents are available for review at the organization's office upon request”