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AGM AND ELECTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of BRITISH DRESSAGE will be held at The Windmill Hotel, Birmingham Rd, Allesley, Coventry CV5 9AL on 20 October 2020 at 6:00pm for the purpose of considering the matters set out below. AGENDA

The following will be proposed as Ordinary Resolutions: 1. To elect Claire Moir as the BD Youth Director. 2. To receive the Financial Statements of British Dressage for the year ended 31 December 2019 and the Directors’ and Auditors’ Reports thereon. 3. To reappoint the auditors of British Dressage and to authorise the Board to fix their remuneration.

The following resolution will be proposed as a Special Resolution: 4. That the draft articles of association submitted to the meeting and for the purpose of identification signed by the Chairman thereof be and the same are hereby approved and adopted as the articles of association in substitution for and to the exclusion of all the existing articles of association of British Dressage.

5. To receive questions from members in attendance and also to answer questions submitted in writing by members to the Chief Executive at least 14 days prior to the meeting. By order of the Board Jason Brautigam, Chief Executive Meriden Business Park, Copse Drive, Meriden, West Midlands, CV5 9RG Company number: 3443026. Dated: 4 September 2020 Notice is hereby given that the following documents will be available on British Dressage’s website on or before 4 September 2020 (Documents): • THE BRITISH DRESSAGE’S REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR

ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019; AND • THE PROPOSED NEW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH DRESSAGE (AS

REFERRED TO IN ITEM 4 ABOVE) PLUS A COMPARISON (SHOWING THE PROPOSED

CHANGES BEING MADE TO THE EXISTING ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION). The website address to access the Documents is www.britishdressage.co.uk. The Documents may be accessed on the website by typing the link provided above. If you do not have internet access and would like a hard copy of the Documents, please contact Angela Green, HR & Office Manager at British Dressage, on 0247 669 8844.

1. Any questions to be raised by members whom are unable to attend the Annual General

Meeting should be notified in writing to the Chief Executive at least fourteen clear days before the date fixed for the meeting so as to enable a full response to be given at the meeting. 2. The Annual General Meeting will be streamed live. Members will be notified of how to access the live stream via the Engage newsletter, website and social media. 3. Any member of British Dressage entitled to attend and vote at the meeting convened by this Notice is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in his or her place. A proxy need not be a member of British Dressage. The completed proxy form must be received at the registered office no later than 6pm on 16 October 2020. Proxy forms can be obtained by writing to the Chief Executive with a stamped addressed envelope. ARE YOUR REGISTRATIONS UP TO DATE? This is a polite reminder that horses and riders should be registered before entering BD competitions. Organisers may take late entries at their discretion, however the onus is on the competitor to ensure they are registered prior to the entry being accepted.

To join online, please visit www. britishdressage.co.uk/membership. If you would rather sign up/renew manually, you can download, complete and post the forms to the BD office. Due to the high volume of registrations at peak times, we advise you allow three working days for postal registrations to be processed.

Those who compete without being registered will not be covered by the BD members’ insurance and their results will be excluded. Repeat offenders may be fined.

BRITISH EQUESTRIAN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAMME Applications are invited for the 2020-21 cohort of the British Equestrian Young Professionals Programme. Covering a broad range of topics essential to running a business, it also provides support to create a career development plan, and insight into effective communication.

The Programme is a 12-month course funded by Sport England and delivered in collaboration with British Dressage, British Eventing and British Showjumping. Details can be found on britishequestrian. org.uk/workforce/youngprofessionals. Applications open until 30 September 2020. If you have any questions please contact Georgie Wheeler – georgie.wheeler@bef.co.uk / 07903 090425.

QUEST EXTENSION Because of the shortened timeframe available to gain leaderboard points, the qualification period for My Quest and Team Quest has been extended by two weeks with a new cut-off date of 16 September 2020.

JUDGE RETIREMENTS Wilma Halkett (List 3) from Aberdeenshire, Jude Klaus (List 4) from West Yorkshire and Elizabeth Jayne Wilson (List 3) from South Yorkshire have retired from the Judges Panel. British Dressage would like to thank Wilma, Jude and Elizabeth for all their hard work and support over the years and wishes them all the best for the future.

CONVENTION WEEKEND INCORPORATING TRAINING AND JUDGES’ DAYS 21-22 November at Addington Equestrian, Buckinghamshire. Details and format will be released as soon as available.

KEY DATES 28-30 Aug Bury Farm High Profile Show, Buckinghamshire 29-30 Aug Equissage Pulse Festival of Para Dressage, Solihull EC, West Midlands 2 -4 Oct Keysoe Young Horse Championships, Bedfordshire 29-31 Oct Vale View High Profile Show, Leicestershire 3-6 Dec Keysoe High Profile Show, Bedfordshire