Northern Lights Peruvian Club
By-Laws
 
Purpose:
The purpse of the Northern Lights Peruvian Club is to assist its members in the enjoyment, education, and promotion of the Peruvian Horse in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Upper Michigan and Wisconsin.
 
Membership:
Membership in the Northern Lights Peruvian Club is open to all people whether they own a Peruvian Paso or not. It is a nondiscriminatory club; open to all races, genders and creeds.
 
Single or family memberships are $35.00 for horse owners and $30.00 for aficionados. Membership runs from January 1 to December 31 of each year. Dues for current year must be paid by January 1. Renewal memberships not paid by March 1 will result in loss of membership benefits.
 
A Northern Lights Peruvian Club member may be asked to withdraw their membership if they prove to be financially irresponsible or deemed a threat in anyway to the club or it's members. All five voted officers must agree to ask for the members withdrawal.
 
Events:
Business Meeting A business meeting will be held every year for the purpose of electing officers and planning the years events. The offices are President, Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. These offices will run from January 1 to December 31 (undetermined tenure for all offices with annual voting on officers). Other necessary committees and responsibilites will be assigned at the meeting. Decisions will be made by a simple majority vote of attending club members.
 
Other Events:
The safety of all is the prime importance at any Northern Lights Peruvian Club event. When horses are involved common sense and courtesy should be used. Our goal is to present our breed as willing, well mannered horses with controlled energy and arrogance. Events are planned and sponsored as club members determine at the annual meeting.
 
Officer Duties
 
President:
  • Puts agendas together for meeting
  • Runs meetings
  • Oversees activites of individual committees
  • In charge of seeing that everyone does his/her part
  • Keep club fresh by asking for input from club members and bringing up new ideas or ideas for improvement
  • Writes a quarterly "President's Letter" to be included in Newsletter talking about current happenings in the club, events coming up, and new ideas*
  • Actively seeks out items for newsletter and sends them to Newsletter person
  • Updates Website in coordination with President
 
Vice President:
  • Works with President in obtaining input from members (through surveys and discussion)
  • Actively seeks out items for newsletter and sends them to newsletter person (articles, ranch write-ups, etc)*
  • Runs meeting if President is absent
 
2nd Vice President:
  • Works with President in obtaining input from members (through surveys and discussion)
  • Actively seeks out items for newsletter and sends them to newsletter person (articles, ranch write-ups, etc)*
  • Runs meeting if both the Vice President and President are absent
 
Secretary:
  • Keeps notes at meetings
  • Sends notes to Newsletter person to be included in newsletter*
  • Reads notes from last meeting at current meeting
  • Sends out all special club activity notices
  • Sends all necessary Club information to PPHRNA
  • Updates a membership list upon receiving information from Treasurer
    • Membership list should include home address and if applicable, email address
  • Sends updates of membership list quarterly to Newsletter editor either by email or snail mail*
 
Treasurer:
  • Collects and Deposits all money
  • Makes all payments
  • Brings cash transactions report to meetings
  • Sends quarterly cash transaction reports to Newsletter editor to be included in quarterly newsletter*
  • Is the recipient of all membership dues and information
  • Sends new members information to Vice President by either email or snail mail
 
Newsletter:
  • Puts out a quarterly newsletter ( No later than March 31, June 30, September 30, and January 1)
  • Actively seeks out items for newsletter (articles, ranch write-ups, etc)
  • Is the recipient of all advertising information
  • Sends cheacks received for advertising to Treasurer along with any Newsletter expenses
  • Includes membership list annually in Newsletter
  • Updates Website in coordination with President
 
* Quarterly Reports from the various officers should be sent to appropriate officers no later than March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15