ProRodeo Sports News - April 20, 2018

effective unless writings describing the action taken and otherwise satisfying the requirements hereof, signed by all directors and not revoked prior to the effective date, are received by the PRCA. Any such writing may be received by the corporation by electronically transmitted facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication providing the corporation with a complete copy of the document, including a copy of the signature on the document. Any action taken in this regard shall be effective when the last writing necessary to effect the action is received by the PRCA, unless the writings describing the action taken set forth a different effective date. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2017 Bylaw Proposal Change B15.1.14 Events. A rodeo must include five of the following events; bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling and team roping to be approved. (Rodeo Committee Executive Council submitted 1/15) TABLED 2018 Bylaw Proposals ADD B1.5.7 Pickup Men Any pickup man who has worked a circuit finals, RNCFR or the WNFR prior to 2015 will be granted a PRCA Noncontestant Card Member-pickup man status. ADD B1.5.7.1 Dues and Fees. Annual dues, fees and insurance premiums for a permit will be $250. ADD B1.5.7.2 Application. Applicants for Noncontestant Permit Member-pickup man status must submit a completed application to the PRCA. Two signatures must accompany the application; one from a current PRCA Stock Contractor and one from a pickup man who has worked WNFR, RNCFR or from a circuit finals pick up man in the last 5 years (NFSR pickup men cannot sign). ADD B1.5.7.3 Minimum Contracts. Permit applicant must provide a list of 5 PRCA rodeos for evaluation. The applicant will work on that permit, for up to 5 PRCA events. The evaluation will be completed by a saddle bronc or bareback contestant event representative (or someone of their designation). However, the contestant event representative will physically sign off on the evaluation. If for any reason the contestant event representative (or his designee) does not evaluate the permit pickup man within the 5 given rodeos, they may reapply for another permit which gives them an additional 5 rodeos (at no additional cost). ADD B1.5.7.4 Requirements to Become a Pickup Man. Upon evaluation and approval by the contestant event representative, applicant may submit for a non-contestant pickup man card at the cost of $500. If the permit was purchased within the same rodeo season, they will pay the difference for the card. If they do not have a successful evaluation, the permit will be immediately revoked and that person cannot pickup and any other PRCA event following the rodeo in which they are evaluated. They may re-apply in one calendar year and pay all applicable fees to begin the process again. ADD B1.5.7.5 Insurance Fee. Pick-up men shall be subject to the insurance fee as set forth in Section B1.5.1.3. ADD B1.5.7.6 Special Event Eligibility. A permit member may not apply or work any type of finals rodeo until evaluated, approved and purchased a card. ADD B1.5.7.7 Emergency Procedures. In the event that a pick up man gets injured at a rodeo, the stock contractor has one performance which can be deemed an emergency. By the second performance held during that rodeo, they must hire a replacement pickup man with a PRCA card. Failure to do so will be $250 fine per performance, doubling with each occurrence. (J. Edwards submitted 9/15) TABLED New Bylaw B15.8.4. Any member that is using copyrighted photographs from member photographers without proper authority and using said photos in any form (social media, personal websites) will be subject to the following penalties: First offense, $50 fine per photo used without permission Any further offense, fines remain at $300 per photo. It is the photographers’ responsibility to document misuse of photographs being used without proper authority. Photographer receives half of each fine for loss of revenue. (R. Freeman submitted 11/15) TABLED  2019 Rule Proposals Change R10.5.5 Disqualification of a Rider. Any of the following shall disqualify a rider: A) Changing hands on rein. Second offense, $150 fine per photo used Third offense, $300 fine per photo used

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