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In late October, the NRHA
Board of Directors voted on several matters -
one of which was the
modification of the North American Affiliate Conditions.
AMONG
THE CHANGES IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT NORTH AMERICAN REINERS
"join both your local affiliate and your
National Associate Affiliate,
if one exists in your country, to qualify
for participation!"
This was less than 30 days
after BYLAW J passed by majority vote eliminating dual
membership requirements in order to compete in an NRHA approved
event.
see NAAC FAQs
see NAAC Notice
see complete NAAC Conditions
The following “IN THE ZONE ”
information was gathered from the NRHA web site as of
mid-November, 2007.
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NRHA BOARD VOTE:
North American Affiliate Championship Conditions Revisions |
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What Changes?
For the three North American
countries, Unites States, Canada, and Mexico, these
Affiliate Conditions changes are somewhat inconsequential.
Changes include;
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the submittal deadline of
the circuit schedules from Nov 1st to Dec 1st;
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submittal of the final
roster to NRHA 30 days prior to the finals;
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circuit series to end 30
days versus two weeks prior to affiliate finals;
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Mexico to now have their own
affiliate finals to qualify exhibitors for the NAAC in
OK.
However, for the North American
Affiliate Championships in Canada and Mexico, one
additional change has been made.
The U.S. does not currently have
a National Association Affiliate, so U.S. Reiners are not
currently impacted by this provision. However, should
the U.S. ever develop a National Association Affiliate
concept, this rule would automatically apply to U.S.
reiners.
Question:
Should the NRHA board have voted
to overturn the results of Bylaw J* by re-wording the North
American Affiliate Championship Conditions?
*Bylaw
J passed by majority vote at the October NRHA general
election. Bylaw J eliminated the requirement to be a member
of another association in order to compete in an NRHA
approved event. Although the actual wording appears to
eliminate local affiliate and alliance organizations, the
intent was to eliminate mandatory dual National level
memberships. It appears that an amendment to the working of
Bylaw J is already in the works for 2008.
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NRHA AFFILIATE CONDITIONS
CHANGES
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