RE: IAHA dues

["McGraw, George" <gmcgraw@amtech.com>]

Hi, I a past Director of IAHA and will attempt to answer your question. 

You do not have to join a club to be a member of IAHA, however the basic
structure of IAHA revolves around clubs that are part of a Region which is
part of the National IAHA organization. The delegates [which are determined
by the number of members in club at the ratio of  1 per 50 members] to the
IAHA convention determine what types of memberships are offered and what the
rates are. There has been much debate over the years with always the same
results -- the delegates have voted to charge more for a direct membership
as a means of encouraging people to join clubs.

There is a basic organizational difference between IAHA and AERC. In AERC
there are no clubs and each member can vote on appropriate matters as
defined in our by-laws. In IAHA this voting power is divided between the
Board and delegates to convention based upon their by-laws. IAHA has
approximately 27,000 members, 18 Regions and 270 clubs, there are typically
450 delegates at convention in November.

You might look around to find a club that is oriented toward endurance
riding. We have one here in Texas called the Texas Arabian Distance Riders
Association. Check out http://www.tadra.org/  it is cheaper to join TADRA
than IAHA directly. We do two rides a year and have several members from OK.


George McGraw
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	kmhicks1@juno.com [SMTP:kmhicks1@juno.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 11, 2000 11:33 AM
> To:	ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject:	RC:  IAHA dues
> 
> I know at least some of you are members.  So here's the question:  What
> do you pay for dues?  IAHA charges $80 directly to them and $40 through a
> club, but you still have to pay club dues.  I am at least 1 1/2 hours
> from any club on IAHA's list, so I would never go to meetings anyway.  Is
> there a rule that you have to join a club near you?  All I want is to
> register some Half Arabs and maybe get the magazine.  I never show and,
> lets face facts, I won't be in the running for awards in endurance,
> either.  At least not any time soon.  Thanks in advance.  Oh, and since
> this probably isn't a topic many people are interested in, reply
> privately please.
> 
> Karen H.
> Lawton, OK
> 
> (Hmmm .... can you have a club with only one member?)
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