The PAHBA Extraordinary General Meeting was held at the Zamek Biskupi Hotel in Janów Podlaski on October 14th, 2017. The most important matters were as follows:
1. Election of board members. Chosen as President was Krzysztof Poszepczyński (44 votes for, 5 withheld). Elected members of the board are: Marek Błaszkiewicz and Józef Pietrzak (37 votes each), Janusz Ryżkowski (30 votes) and Longin Błachut (29 votes) - the latter also chosen as Vice President of the PAHBA.
2. Election of the Audit Committee: Alicja Najmowicz and Przemysław Sawicki were elected.
3. A committee for changes in the statute was established with the following members: Przemysław Sawicki, Henryk Ćwiertniak, Jacek Ciepluch.
4. It was determined that in the new statute the seat of the association will be Janów Podlaski as a historic place, however the correspondence address will be determined depending on the loctaion of the office and accounting of the PAHBA.
5. In order to execute statutory objectives it was determined that:
- the registration fee until the end of 2017 will be 750 PLN and starting from 01.01.2018 will equal the triple annual fee,
- the annual fee from 01.01.2018 will be 250 PLN
- the Board will be able to partially or wholly exempt from the annual fee in a given year.
6. It was determined that the Breeder of the Year Award will be awarded according to the hitherto rules for horses bred by PAHBA members in the hitherto categories (Shows, Racing, Sport/Endurance), however a given horse may be chosen for evaluation only once.
7. PAHBA will promote all Arabian horse shows organized in Poland.
