The Board of Directors of Harness Racing B.C. (HRBC) has announced that its Annual General Meeting for 2017 will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2017 at 5 p.m. in the Backstretch Restaurant.

The business to be conducted will include the usual Call to Order, Introductions, Approval of Agenda, Adoption of Minutes of March 23, 2016, Report of the Board, Financial Statements, Report of External Accountant (Auditor), Appointment of External Accountant (Auditor), Election, and New Business.

1. Seven directors are to be elected this year as follows:

a. Three to be elected in the Breeder category – One position for one year; and two positions for two years. By-laws state that those candidates with the greatest number of votes are elected to the longer terms.
b. Two to be elected in the Owner category – Two positions for two years
c. Two to be elected in the Trainer/Driver category – Two positions for two years

2. Any Active Member in good standing is eligible to be nominated.

3. Nominations must be received at the HRBC office by 4:30 p.m. on March 8, 2017 or postmarked no later than March 8, 2017. Nomination forms will be available from the HRBC office and website (harnessracingbc.com).

4. In the event of ballots being required to be mailed out per By-law 6.5; they will be mailed out by March 20 to be returned by April 3, 2017. Please refer to HRBC By-laws 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 & 6.8 for details for Election Procedures. Ballots will be counted April 6, 2017.

5. Please refer to HRBC By-law 6.4 for eligibility requirements. The Nomination Committee is Bill Pambrun, Sandra Roberts, Travis Bowman, Allan Molloy, Kelly MacMillan and Leslie Godlien.

(With files from HRBC)