WORLD BREEDING FEDERATION FOR SPORT HORSES

WORKSHOP at MEETING in Billund/DENMARK 2017

GROUP REPORT FORM

Topic 2 (b):

Membership criteria – to get and retain membership (Intro by Jim Flanagan)

Group: Size of studbooks (daughter studbooks; associate studbooks)

Moderator: Jim Flanagan

Each group will address the same questions.

Each group moderator is asked to summarise the discussion in their group in the form of 5 to 10 actions/conclusions/proposals for change that should be considered by the Board.

Participants are encouraged to be open, imaginative, broad in their thinking and not be reluctant to go “outside the box”.

Possible questions/areas for consideration:

1. Changes to Article 5 of the Statutes “Members, Honorary Members, Patrons and Associates.”

a. Extend the list of Olympic beyond Showjumping, Dressage and Eventing.b. Extend membership to Studbooks that cater for horses other than

Warmbloods.c. Change the wording defining the status of Associate.

2. Change the Profile of Application form stating conditions that applicants have to comply with.

a. Size of studbook.b. Status of daughter studbooks.c. Give some special recognition to “national” studbooks.d. Applicants that are essentially confederations of similar but separate

studbooks.ce. Studbooks that are essentially companies rather than associations of

members. A company might be very democratically controlled by its “members”.

f. The requirement to be democratic and controlled by members.3. Change the membership subscription structure.4. Change the voting structure at the General Assembly.5. Role of services to members in getting/retaining members.

The above is not meant to be an exclusive list of topics.

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