IHHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICER'S ELECTION RESULTS

 

Thursday, August 24, 2006

IHHA Elects New Officers

 

At the August 23, 2006 Board of Directors meeting, the Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association (IHHA) elected the following directors to one year terms as officers of the association:

President - George Bonomo of Naperville, IL
1st VP - David McCaffrey of Burr Ridge, IL
2nd VP - Erv Miller of Sherman, IL
Treasurer - Bill Hunter of Brimfield, IL
Secretary - Hosea Williams of Chicago, IL
Assistant Treasurer - Bruce Krause of Chicago Heights, IL
Assistant Secretary - Kay Willis of Beecher, IL


 

The Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association also held an election for five seats on the Board of Directors on Saturday, August 19, 2006. David McCaffrey of Burr Ridge, IL led all candidates followed by Terry Hunt of Big Rock, IL, Cynthia K. Willis of Beecher, IL, Ervin Miller of Sherman, IL and William Hunter of Brimfield, IL. Directors serve for a term of three years.  For further details visit :http://ihha.blogspot.com/

 

For more information contact:

 

Jack Kelly

Executive Director

Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association

Suite 432

15 Spinning Wheel Road

Hinsdale, IL  60521

Office 630-323-0808

Cell 630-738-0808

jkelly@harnessillinois.com

 

 

Duncan Price Fills IHHA Board Vacancy

 

Duncan Price of Grant Park, IL has filled a vacancy on the Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association Board of Directors caused when Tim Wilson, Sr. passed away on July 14th. Price will serve the remainder of Wilson’s three year term which expires in August of 2007. Price has been a long time trainer, driver and owner of harness race horses in Illinois and has previously served on the IHHA board and various committees throughout his career.

Duncan Price was also on the ballot for the annual election this August for five open seats on the IHHA Board of Directors. On accepting the vacant seat he thus became ineligible as a candidate. The previously printed, but un-mailed ballots, will show his name lined off and any votes received by him will not be counted.  

 

11 Candidates File for
Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association
(IHHA) Board Seats

For Immediate Release

Contact: Jack Kelly, Executive Director                 

Phone:    630-323-0808

Hinsdale, IL...The Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association (IHHA) announced that its 2006 Board of Director Elections will take place at the Annual Meeting on August 19, 2006, at 12:00 noon at Balmoral Park Race Track located at 26435 S. Dixie Highway in Crete, Illinois.   

To be elected at the annual meeting will be five (5) directors to serve terms of three (3) years each.  The following candidates filed petitions to be placed on the ballot for election to the Board:

Robert Altepeter -Wasco, IL

Alan Beals – Berwyn, IL

Joe BescoYorkville, IL

Marty Engel - Buffalo Grove, IL

Terry Hunt - Big Rock, IL

William Hunter – Edwards, IL

David McCaffrey - Burr Ridge, IL

Ervin Miller - Sherman, IL

Duncan Price, Grant Park, IL

Robin Schadt, Crete, IL

Kay Willis – Beecher, IL

Ballots and Notice of the Annual Meeting will be mailed to all IHHA members in good standing on July 20, 2006 through the offices of Altschuler, Melvoin and Glasser, LLP., Certified Public Accountants, which have been retained as the official Election Supervisor in conjunction with Article III of the IHHA By-Laws. 

For more information, please contact Jack Kelly, Executive Director at 630-323-0808.

 

 

NOTICE OF ELECTION  BOARD OF DIRECTORS

of the

Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association

Saturday, August 19, 2006 --12:00 noon

Balmoral Race Course

The annual meeting and election of directors of the

Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association will be held

Saturday, August 19, 2006 at Balmoral Race Track,

26435 S. Dixie Highway in Crete, Illinois beginning at 12:00 noon.

 Balloting will be conducted from 12:00 noon to 12:30 p.m.

 

To be elected at the annual meeting will be five (5) directors to serve terms of three (3) years each.

Directors currently on the Board who must seek re-election if they wish to remain on the Board are: Marty Engel, Bill Hunter, Sam Lilly, Ervin Miller, David Mc Caffrey

To be placed on the ballot for the election, candidates must file a notice of intent to be a candidate for election with the signatures of a least twenty (20) members in good standing. The notice of intent (Nominating Petition), must be filed via registered mail or by delivery to the IHHA main office, and received at the office of the Association (15 Spinning Wheel Road, Suite 432, Hinsdale, IL 60521),beginning Saturday,June 10, 2006 through the close of business (5:00 p.m.), Friday, June 30, 2006.  Nominating petitions are available at the Association office.  To request a petition, write the Association at the above address or call (630) 323-0808 or (800) 572-0213 within Illinois.

Absentee ballots will be mailed to the membership on Thursday, July 20, 2006 with the deadline for receipt of those ballots being Friday, August 18, 2006, at 5:00 p.m. at the offices of Altschuler, Melvoin and Glasser, LLP., Certified Public Accountants, Suite 111, 111 Deer Lake Road, Deerfield, IL 60015, which has been retained as the official Election Supervisor in conjunction with Article III of the IHHA By-Laws.

Only members in good standing the last day of June, 2006 shall be entitled to vote.

All questions concerning the election will be ruled on by the Election Supervisor.