2004 Annual Meeting Announced!

This years annual meeting will be held in Grand Island at the Conestoga Mall meeting room. The meeting room entrance door is located just to the west of the all Office, on the south side of the building east of the main entrance Please try to attend this Annual Meeting if you can and meet our new officers! FREE refreshments will be served. The meeting will begin at 2:00 PM and will be open to NOHVA members, non-members must obtain permission to attend before the meeting. We hope to end the meeting at 5:00 PM. IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER WE WILL POSTPONE THE MEETING TO February 15th, AT A LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED IF NEEDED.

The first order of business will involve nominating and electing new officers for the Headworks/Halsey chapter and for the Board of Directors. If you would like to be involved in the management of NOHVA, we invite you to become involved! If you cannot make it to the meeting and would like to be considered for the Board of Directors, please contact a current officer OR email us at our contact page .

Several amendments to the by-laws need to be voted upon by those in attendance. These amendments are:

● As suggested by our legal staff, “All chapters must have and use the same by-laws and use the same membership forms and releases. No chapter can make amendments, changes, or exceptions to the by-laws.”
● Terms served by Board of Directors may be changed from one year to three years. Chapter officers will remain in office for one year. Chapter officers that are automatically placed on the Board of Directors will remain on the Board as long as they remain officers of the chapter. In order to facilitate a smooth transition to this pattern, the four directors who receive the most votes will begin a three year term. The remaining three will have two year terms. If a director should resign, the appointed director will remain in office until the next annual meeting. Beginning with the annual meeting in 2005, all directors will be elected for three year terms unless appointed to office.

Proposed Agenda for Annual Meeting
● 2 PM - Begin meeting
● Vote on above mentioned amendments to the By Laws.
● Nominate officers Headworks/Halsey officers from the floor and hold election.
● Nominate officers for the Board of Directors from the floor and hold election. If there are two chapters then there would be two officers from each chapter automatically on the BOD, plus 7 at large for a total of 11.
● Review Financial, 2003 Statistical and Membership Reports.
● Vote on Annual BOD Preferences list.
● Chapter Reports.
● Discuss details of upcoming swap meeting in Columbus.
● Report on meetings and new Travel Management Plan with District Ranger Patty Barney at Halsey.  We will be submitting a plan to the Forest Service on behalf of our organization and we will discuss “our plan” at length.
● Discuss events for Headworks this year. Discuss potential impact of Piping Plover habitat designation along the Loup River.
● Discuss the pro’s and con’s of a state managed program for ATVs and dirtbikes.
● Approve the event schedule for 2003.
● Discuss our priorities for 2003.
● Additional comments and announcements.

Adjourn meeting no later than 6 PM.
 

Conestoga Mall, US 281 and 13th Street. We will be in the Mall meeting room. The meeting room door is located just to the west of the all Office, on the south side of the building east of the main entrance.