Legal Notices

LEGAL NOTICE
Annual Meeting of the Members
    Official notice is hereby given to all members of the American Shropshire Registry Association, Inc. that the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Members will be held at Louisville in November.
    The purpose of said meeting is to hear and approve the reports of the President and Secretary/Treasurer to ratify the acts of the Board of Directors since the last annual meeting of the members; to act on any old or new business which may be brought before the meeting; and to elect directors for districts having directors whose terms expire in 2008.
Article VI, Section 2 of the By Laws allows for the direct election of a director for a district if that district has an active, recognized Shropshire association.
    Directors whose terms will expire at this time are:
Norbert Jackson – Indiana District.
Robert Dinsmore –Pennsylvania- South District (Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.)
Roger Snyder – Illinois District
Ralph Lovely – Pennsylvania-South District
Randy Rife – Ohio District
Bill Seals – West District (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.)
Sandy Cross – New York-New England District (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.)
    Each membership in the American Shropshire Registry Association, Inc. is entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting of the Members. Such vote must be cast in person. Those members attending the Annual Meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting the business of the Association. All members are encouraged to attend and participate.
Becky Peterson, Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Special Meeting of the Membership
Change of Address
    A special meeting will take place at the Shropshire National banquet on Friday, June 20 at the Shropshire Spectacular Sale in Springfield, IL.
    Notice is hereby given to members of the American Shropshire Registry Association, Inc. that the following proposed amendment to the Bylaws has been adopted by the Board of Directors. This amendment will be presented at a special meeting called by the president to be held June 20, 2008 in Springfield, Ill. for action pursuant to Article X of the Bylaws of the association.
    Article X states “The bylaws may be amended at any Annual or Special Meeting of the Members by a majority of the voting members present, provided such proposed amendment shall first have been adopted by the Board of Directors and notice of such proposed amendment, including a brief statement thereof shall have been given to the members….”
Article I –Name and Location
    Current wording:
The name of this Association shall be “THE AMERICAN SHROPSHIRE REGISTRY ASSOCIATON, INC” with its principle office at Harvard, Ill.
    Proposed amendment:
The name of this Association shall be “THE AMERICAN SHROPSHIRE REGISTRY ASSOCIATION, INC” with its principle office in the city and state of the residence of the Secretary-Treasurer.
The proposed amendment was presented by Secretary Becky Peterson. It was approved by the Board of Directors during a teleconference on Jan. 27, 2008. The purpose of the amendment is to allow the office of the American Shropshire Registry Association, Inc to move to the residence of the newly appointed Secretary-Treasurer and move with the Secretary, should that person change residence.
This amendment needs to be made in order for the principle office to run in accordance with the Bylaws of the Association. The ASRA needs to be registered and incorporated in the state that the office resides in, now Massachusetts, in order to conduct business and hold funds. The monies of the ASRA are currently being held at the Harvard State Bank in Harvard, IL. Work is underway to make all of the necessary changes but the amendment of the Bylaw is very important in order to complete the transition.
    This meeting will be called to order by President Mark McCabe only for the purpose of this By-Law amendment. No other business will be brought forth.

LEGAL NOTICE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF THE AMERICAN SHROPSHIRE REGISTRY ASSOCIATION, INC
SLICK SHEARING
    Notice is hereby given to members of the American Shropshire Registry Association, Inc. that the following proposed amendment to the Bylaws has been adopted by the Board of Directors. This amendment will be presented at the Annual Meeting to be held November 2008 in Louisville, Ky. for action pursuant to Article X of the Bylaws of the association.
Article X states “The Bylaws may be amended at any Annual or Special Meeting of the Members by a majority of the voting members present, provided such proposed amendment shall first have been adopted by the Board of Directors and notice of such proposed amendment, including a brief statement thereof shall have been given to the members….”
    Proposed Amendment:
On August 2, 2007 at the Shropshire Annual Meeting in Wisconsin a motion was made by Don Knepp and seconded by Mike Anderson that the American Shropshire Registry Association mandate that all state fairs and national shows require sheep to be slick shorn. Tim Roberts then moved to amend the last motion to include that Shropshires would be required to be slick shorn in all shows, seconded by Don Knepp. A secret ballot vote was taken: 18 in favor; 6 against.
In Louisville on Nov. 13, 2007, at the Shropshire Board of Directors Meeting, the Board acted on the motion, as amended, passed at the Annual Meeting of the Membership on Aug. 2, 2007.
Original motion: The American Shropshire Registry Association mandates that all state fairs and national shows require sheep to be slick shorn. Amendment to motion: amended to require ALL Shropshire shows be slick shorn. Motion passed with one dissent.
    Notice will be given in the next Shropshire Voice. The membership will vote to add this to the ASRA Bylaws at the next Annual Meeting in November.