ARTICLE I:  NAME
The name of this organization shall be the Indiana Division of the
National Horseshoe Pitchers’ Association of America, hereinafter
known as INHPA.

ARTICLE  II:  PURPOSE
The purpose of the INHPA shall be to foster, develop, and promote
the sport of  horseshoe pitching in the  state of Indiana both as a
recreational pastime and a competitive sport.

ARTICLE III:  MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 1 :   Any reputable person who maintains legal Indiana
    residence as determined by voting, tax and/or driver’s license  laws
    may become a member upon payment of the annual dues as
    designated in these bylaws.  Annual dues include NHPA liability insurance.
SECTION  2 :   Juniors may join at a reduced fee as designated
    in these bylaws.  Boys and Girls are eligible to compete as Juniors
    up to and including the entire calendar year in which they turn
    18 years of age.
SECTION 3 :   The dues for adult members are the National dues
    of ($17.00) plus eight dollars ($8.00) for Indiana dues for a total of $25.00
SECTION  4:   Dues for Junior members are National dues of five dollars ($5.00).
SECTION 5:    Dues are due and payable January 1 or upon joining,
    and last until December 31st of the current year.
SECTION  6:   Any member may be suspended for:
 a. Willfully violating any official playing rule or bylaw of the NHPA/INHPA.
 b. Fixing games, cheating, or any other conduct unbecoming a member.
 c. Placing a monetary bet of a contestant, or self, when participation in competition.    
 d. Using unsanctioned horseshoes in a tournament.
 e. Forfeiting in a tournament for an unapproved reason.
SECTION 7:   For any of the reasons above, a member may be
    suspended for one year.
SECTION  8:  No member shall be suspended until given a fair
    hearing before the NHPA/INHPA Executive Council or a Board appointed
    by the same.
SECTION  9:  Members who have been suspended for one (1) year
    may be reinstated after the year has elapsed by a majority  vote of the
    NHPA/INHPA Executive Council.

ARTICLE IV:  INHPA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
SECTION  1:  Members
    The Executive Council shall be made up of the officers of the INHPA.
SECTION  2:  Authority
a. The INHPA Executive Council shall have full power to conduct
    the business of the INHPA between annual meetings provided such
    business is not contrary to the bylaws of the NHPA/INHPA.
b. The INHPA  Executive Council shall define and interpret these
    bylaws and its ruling shall be official unless overturned by the
    members assembled at the annual meeting by a two-thirds (2/3) vote.
SECTION  3:  Meeting
a. The INHPA  Executive Council shall meet at the call of the
    President or any three (3) members of the INHPA Committee.
b. A quorum for any meeting of the INHPA  Executive Committee
    shall be four (4) members.
c. The Executive Council may conduct business by e-mail,
    telephone, or US Mail when necessary.
d. Official decisions made by the INHPA  Executive Council that
    effect the general membership shall be made known to members
    within three (3) months of said decisions.

ARTICLE V:  OFFICERS
SECTION  1:  The officers of the INHPA shall be
a. a President
b. a 1st Vice-President
c. five (5) area Vice-Presidents each representing a geographical
    area of the state.  Northeast, Northwest, Central, Southeast and
    Southwest.
d. a Secretary
e.  a Treasurer
SECTION  2: Duties of Officers
a. The President shall:
1. be the Chief Executive Officer of the INHPA.
2. preside at all meetings of the INHPA.
3. have power to assign specific duties to other officers.
4. appoint any committees, standing or special, name its chair, change
    the make up of the committee, fill any vacancies or discharge the
    committee as is deemed necessary for the good of the organization.
5. designate a person to report all sanctioned tournament results
    promptly in the prescribed format to Natstats, the NHPA Center for
    Pitching Averages.
b.  The lst Vice-President shall:
1. have the same duties as the President but will assume them only
    in the absence of or disability of the President.
2. assist the President, when requested.
c. The Area Vice-Presidents shall:
1. carry out any specific duties assigned to them by the President, the
    1st Vice-President in the absence or disability of the President, or
the association.
d. The Secretary shall:
1. keep a true record of all proceedings of the meetings of the INHPA.
2. keep a true record of all stats made in INHPA tournaments.
3. receive and collect dues and other money or property paid or
    donated to the INHPA, which shall be remitted monthly to the
    treasurer with a complete statement.
4. make a report as necessary to the NHPA Secretary and remit
    monies for each card issued during the current quarter.
e. The Treasurer shall:
1. keep records of all monies received and disbursed.
2. pay all bills for routine supplies and all other special purchases
    that have been approved by the Executive Council.
3. annually, by Oct.30th, submit books and records of
    the previous fiscal year (October 1st to September 30th), to an INHPA
    Audit Committee for a year end report.
4. The treasurer will receive twenty-five cents ($.25) per entry for processing monies received.
SECTION 3: Compensation and Allowances:
a. The President of the Association shall receive $150.00 for expenses per year.
b. The Secretary will receive fifty cents ($.50) per entry for receiving stats
    from tournament directors and reporting to NASTAT.
c. The Secretary will receive one dollar ($1.00) per entry for running
    any tournament.  If the Secretary is not running the tournament,
    the compensation goes to the designated Tournament Director.
SECTION 4: Eligibility of Officers:
a. All INHPA Officers shall be NHPA/INHPA members in good standing
    (dues paid and not in suspension) and subscribe to the NHPA magazine
    NEWSLINE.  Two charter officers housed in a common residence
    require only a single subscription between them.
SECTION 5:  Terms of Office:
a. All officers shall serve a two-year term.
b. The President, Central Vice-President, Northeast Vice-President, Southeast Vice-President
    shall be elected in odd numbered years.
c. The lst Vice-President, Northwest Vice-President, Southwest Vice-President, Secretary,   
    Treasure shall be elected in the even numbered years.
d. The newly elected officers shall take office on thirty (30) days following their elections.
SECTION 6: Removal from Office:
a. Any officer may be removed from office upon failure to perform
    the duties of the office or for any reason that brings discredit to the INHPA.
b. Removal from office shall be by majority vote of the remaining
    members of the INHPA Executive Committee.
SECTION 7:  Vacancies in Office:
    Any vacancies in office except that of the President shall be filled
    within thirty (30) days by the President with the approval of the
    INHPA Executive Council.
SECTION 8:  Records and Property held by Officers:
    Within thirty (30) days of leaving office, all outgoing officers
    and committee chairs shall deliver to their successors all records
    and property of the INHPA in their possession.

ARTICLE VI:  STANDING COMMITTEES
SECTION 1:  The Standing Committees of the INHPA shall be:  Bylaws,
    Audit and Hall of Fame.

ARTICLE  VII:  MEETINGS
SECTION  1:  Annual Meeting
a. The Annual INHPA Meeting is the meeting where the business of the
    organization is undertaken.  The location and the time will be determined
    by the  INHPA  Executive Council.
b. Items such as the twenty-five ($.25) per tournament entry added
    annually to the World Tournament Fund, large cash prizes, and extra
    large trophies will be voted on at the annual meeting.
SECTION  2:  Special Meetings
a. A Special Meeting may be called by the President when approved by
    the  Executive Council.
b. All INHPA members must be notified of this Special Meeting in writing
    at least thirty (30) days before the meeting and be given the reason for the
    meeting.
c. No business except that specified in the notice may be taken up.
SECTION  3:  Quorum
    A quorum for any meeting shall be at least 51% of the total number of
    NHPA/INHPA members in attendance.
SECTION  4:  Voting
a. Only current NHPA/INHPA card holders are eligible to vote on matters
    pertaining to the election of Charters officers, the sanctioned tournament
    schedule or anything else that may directly or indirectly involve INHPA
    business, bylaws, or official playing rules.
b. The President may decide on the method of voting except that there
    shall be no voting by mail.

ARTICLE VIII:  STATE TOURNAMENT
SECTION  1:  The INHPA will hold an NHPA sanctioned State Championship yearly.
SECTION  2 :  The State Championship Tournament must advertise and
    provide an entry form stating the intent to crown champions in at least
    Men, Women, Junior, and Elder Divisions.  Other Divisions are an
    option left to the discretion of the Tournament Committee.  Any Division
    not receiving at least four (4) entrants can be cancelled but the entrants
    must be given the opportunity of pitching in another division.  All age
    limitations for Divisions shall be in accord with Article IX, Section 4.
SECTION  3:  The Championship Class of the  State Tournament
    cannot be mixed play.  Other classes below the championship can be
    mixed at the discretion of the Tournament Committee.  Handicap      
    percentage systems cannot be used in the State Championship play where a Division
    Title is involved.
SECTION 4 :  The INHPA State Championship Tournament is open only to
    those NHPA/INHPA members who legally reside in Indiana.  An exception to
    this shall be members of the US Armed Forces and their families who are
    stationed/reside in Indiana.  No one will be allowed to pitch in more than
    one State Championship per year.
SECTION 5 : In State Championships, all ties for first place must be broken
    by a play-off game.  Ties for other places may be settled by play-off,
    percentage, or who beat whom.
SECTION 6:  No championship tournament shall be played in the rain. The
    Executive Council will decide whether it is raining sufficiently to justify
    calling the game.  In the event of games being called on account of weather,
    the games are to resume where left off with the Executive Council to decide
    when the courts are in shape.
SECTION  7: Adult INHPA members must play in at least four (4) separate
    sanctioned events .  A member is allowed to count one tournament from
    out of State and one sanctioned league  to qualify for the State.  Junior
    members in two (2) sanctioned events in Indiana during the year to be
    eligible to play in the State Tournament.  The previous years State Tournament
    does count as one of the required events.
SECTION 8:  Men, Women and Elder’s champions will each be given
    $150.00 towards their expenses at the next World Tournament provided
    they pitch as an INHPA member.

ARTICLE IX :  ALL INHPA TOURNAMENTS
SECTION  1:  All INHPA tournaments shall be sanctioned in accord with the
    published guidelines and/or directives for NHPA Regional Directors.
SECTION 2:  Entry is restricted to players holding a current NHPA/INHPA
    membership and meeting any imposed eligibility requirements.
SECTION 3: All pitcher’s averages shall be based on the three (3) highest
    NHPA sanctioned tournaments pitched in the preceding twelve (12) months
    or the last ten (10) tournaments during the same period, whichever occurs
    first.
a. Any member without an average will pitch a minimum of l00 consecutive
    shoes to establish their tournament seeding percentage. This qualifying must
    be scored in writing and witnessed by two (2) sanctioned club members
    prior to entering a tournament. Alternately, an NHPA sanctioned club or
    league average may be used if it covers 400 or more shoes.
b. Members with less than three (3) tournaments shall use the combined
    average of the one or two they have pitched.
SECTION  4:  Tournament fees:  All registration (entry)  and any other
    fees shall be determined by a majority vote of members at the annual
    meeting.
Tournament entry:  Division and age restrictions are recognized where
    applicable for entry to NHPA/INHPA sanction tournament play.
a. OPEN MEN – no restrictions
b. SENIOR MEN  - at least 60 years old any time during the calendar
    year.
c. ELDERS – at least 70 years old anytime during the calendar year. The
    Elder’s Division may  include any age man with a verified physical
    handicap.
d. OPEN WOMEN –no restrictions.
e. SENIOR WOMEN – at least 60 years old anytime during the calendar
    year.
f. JUNIOR BOYS AND GIRLS – any who will be 18 years old or less
    for the entire calendar year in which the tournament is played.
SECTION 5:  All sanctioned tournaments shall provide a playing
    opportunity for all eligible pitchers. Exceptions for special tournaments
    such as invitational, Juniors Only, Women Only, etc., can be authorized
    by the INHPA Executive Council.
SECTION  6: All INHPA Sanctioned Tournaments shall be either shoe
    cancellation or point cancellation.
SECTION 7:  All tournament play-offs in all classes are to be included
    in the totals of Sanctioned Tournament statistics.
SECTION 8:  Junior pitchers may compete in an adult division of a mixed
    tournament without harm to their junior standing provided no separate
    Junior division is offered in the same tournament.  When a junior division
    is offered in a non-handicapped tournament, a junior may pitch with the
    adults without harm to their junior standing, only when their average
    is at least 10% higher than the next junior.
SECTION 9:  Junior pitchers who request admittance and are accepted to an
    adult class outside the conditions set forth in Section 8 above will forever
    forfeit their junior eligibility.  A junior boy who forfeits his junior status
    must pitch 40’.
SECTION 10:  All junior play, mixed class or otherwise will be conducted
    on an amateur basis.  Awards presented to a junior should have no immediate
    monetary value.  Trophies, medals, ribbons or such are recommended. Any
    award with monetary value shall not be issued before the successful
    completion of high school.
SECTION 11:  Forfeits: In tournament competition, the wins and losses and
    all statistics accumulated shall remain in the book for a pitcher who has to
    forfeit one or more games for any reason.  A pitcher may miss any number of
    games due to illness or other legitimate reason approved by the Tournament
    Director or Committee and still be permitted to return to competition only in
    multi-day tournaments.  If a pitcher forfeits for an unapproved reason, the
    pitcher will not be allowed to return to the competition and will forfeit all
    prize money and/or awards.  Any person who forfeits games shall finish
    wherever his record puts him in the standings unless he forfeits for
    unapproved reasons, then he finishes last
SECTION 12:  Entry fees must be paid in advance for all bid tournaments.
SECTION 13:  All pitchers must wear shoes and shirts with their last name
    on the back of their shirts.  Said shirts cannot be sleeveless
SECTION 14: A player arriving late for a tournament before the first game
    ends may proceed playing the rest of the tournament but must forfeit the first
    game.  No warm-up time will be permitted.  A player, who arrives after the
    second game begins, must forfeit all games.
SECTION 15:  Any player substituting for another must also pay the entry
    fee and have the approval of all members of the class to be accepted.
    No shows are to pay their entry fee unless an emergency prevented their
    participation.
SECTION 16:  INHPA must comply in all ways with the Official Playing
    Rules of the NHPA.  Anything not covered in the INHPA ByLaws shall be
    referred to the NHPA ByLaws.  Deliberate violation of same will be cause
    for possible NHPA suspension of Charter Officers, the revocation of the
    Charter, or both.

ARTICLE X:  HOST TOURNAMENT SITES
SECTION 1 :  Host clubs or sponsors may bid for “Money” tournaments.
SECTION 2:  It is the responsibility of the tournament host to :
a. see that each stake extends 14 inches above the level of the pitchers
    platform on each side of the stake, with a 3 inch incline towards each other.
b. to have enough scorekeepers for the classes scheduled.
c. to have foul line judges at their tournament.  These judges are to be
    instructed to know the rules and to strictly enforce them.
SECTION 3:  The host site will receive fifty cents($.50) per adult entry for
    hosting a tournament.

ARTICLE XI:  COMPLETELY ENCLOSED FACILITIES
AND SANCTIONED SELF-SUFFICIENT TOURNAMENTS
SECTION 1:  One dollar ($1.00) will be added to tournament entry fees to
    cover utility costs at indoor tournament sites; two dollars($2.00)for the
    State Championship Tournament.
SECTION 2:  One dollar ($1.00) per each pitcher (junior and adult) will be
    returned to the indoor site; two dollars ($2.00) for the State Championship
    Tournament.
SECTION 3:  The utility fee for the juniors at enclosed facilities will be paid
    by the INHPA from the World Tournament Fund.
SECTION 4 : One dollar and fifty cents (1.50) per adult pitcher will be
    paid to the INHPA. (Self Sufficient tournaments)
ARTICLE XII:  SANCTIONED  TOURNAMENTS
SECTION 1: Tournament Director for the site will be responsible for taking
    entries, taking entry fees, scheduling players, running the tournament, and
    giving awards
SECTION 2: The INHPA Secretary will provide up-to-date pitching
    percentages, round robin cards, score sheets, summary sheets, and patches.
SECTION 3:  Statistics (original summary sheets) will be returned to the
    INHPA Secretary immediately following the tournament.
ARTICLE XIII :  MONEY TOURNAMENTS (BID)
SECTION 1 :  Host club shall pay twenty five ($25.00) dollars to the INHPA.(Bid)
SECTION 2: Tournament Director for the site will be responsible
    for taking entry fees, scheduling players, running the tournament and
    giving awards.
ARTICLE XIV:  PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
SECTION 1.The rules contained in the current edition of ROBERT’S RULES OF   ORDER NEWLY REVISED  shall govern the proceedings of the INHPA
    in  all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not
    inconsistent with these bylaws.

ARTICLE XV:  AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1:  These bylaws may be amended at the annual fall meeting
    By a two-thirds (2/3)  vote of all INHPA  members present.  All amendments
    must be presented in writing.
SECTION 2:  These bylaws may be revised at any fall meeting provided
    A revision has been ordered at the previous fall meeting by a two-thirds
    (2/3) vote.


2009 BYLAWS COMMITTEE:
Bonnie Seibold, Chair
Russell Baker
Sharon Chiddister
Date approved: September 6, 2009, Anderson, In, INHPA state meeting
AMENDMENTS MADE SINCE ADOPTION

1997  ARTICLE III SECTION 3 – previously read:  The dues for adult members are the    
    National dues of twelve dollars ($12.00) plus three ($3.00) for Indiana dues.
 NOW READS - The dues for adult members are the National dues of twelve ($12.00 plus eight dollars ($8.00) for Indiana dues.

ARTICLE V SECTION 3 paragraph d: – previously read:  The President, Secretary, Treasurer, and all Vice-Presidents may play in all IHPA sanctioned tournaments without paying an entry fee except for self-sufficient tournaments.

ARTICLE V SECTION 3 paragraph d: – DELETED

ARTICLE XII SECTION 4 – previously read:  One dollar ($1.00) per each adult pitcher  will be paid to IHPA.  
          NOW READS:  One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per each adult pitcher will be paid to IHPA.

1998  ARTICLE XII SECTION 2 – previously read:  Personnel at the tournament site will be
responsible for all aspects of the tournament including setting entry fees, taking entries, scheduling players, running the tournament, and providing awards.
NOW READS - Personnel at the tournament site will be responsible for setting entry fees, taking entries, scheduling players, running the tournament, and providing awards.

NEW BYLAWS COMMITTEE:  Tammi Cunningham, Camilla Shilling, and Bonnie Seibold.

1999  ARTICLE IX SECTION 6 – previously read:  The Executive Council shall decide on
     method of play in a tournament to determine the winner.

    ARTICLE IX SECTION 6 – DELETED

ARTICLE IX SECTION 7 – previously read:  All IHPA Sanctioned Tournaments shall be either shoe cancellation or point cancellation.  The Executive Council shall determine the number of shoes or points for every tournament.  Exception will be the “MONEY” tournaments which will be forty (40) point games.
NOW READS - All IHPA sanctioned tournaments shall either  be shoe cancellation or point cancellation.

2000 ARTICLE V SECTION 2 paragraph e: number 3 – previously read:  annually, by October 31, submit books and records of the previous November 1 to October 31 fiscal year.

ARTICLE V SECTION 2 paragraph e: number 3 -  NOW READS - annually, by October 31 submit books and records of the previous August 1 to July 31 fiscal year, to an IHPA Audit Committee for a year end report.

2001 ARTICLE VIII SECTION 7 – changed from one sanctioned event for juniors to two and changed to read that the previous year’s State Tournament counts toward one of the required tournaments.  NOW READS – Adult IHPA members must play in at least four (4) separate sanctioned events (tournaments or sanctioned leagues) and Junior members in two (2) sanctioned events in Indiana during the year to be eligible to play in the State Championship Tournament.  The previous year’s State Championship Tournament does count as one of the required events.

2002  ARTICLE V SECTION 2 paragraph e number 3 – previously read:  annually by
October 31, submit books and records of the previous August 1 to July 31 fiscal year, to an IHPA Audit Committee for a year end report.
NOW READS – annually, by the annual meeting, submit books and records of the previous fiscal year (January 1 to December 31), to an IHPA Audit Committee for a year end report. NOW READS – annually, by the annual meeting, submit books and records of the previous fiscal year (January 1 to December 31), to an IHPA Audit Committee for a year end report.

2008  ARTICLE III SECTION 3 – previously read: The dues for adult members are the National dues twelve dollars ($12.00) plus eight dollars ($8.00) for Indiana dues. NOW READS – The dues for adult members is National dues seventeen dollars ($17.00) plus eight dollars ($8.00) for Indiana dues.

ARTICLE VIII SECTION 7 – previously read: Adult IHPA members must play in at least four (4) separate sanctioned events (tournaments or sanctioned leagues) and Junior members in two (2) sanctioned events in Indiana during the year to be eligible to play in the State Championship Tournament. The previous year’s State Championship does count as one of the required tournaments.
NOW READS – Adult IHPA members must play in at least a total of four (4) separate sanctioned events (tournaments or sanctioned leagues) with at least three (3) of those being in Indiana and Junior members in a total of two (2) separate sanctioned events with at least one (1) of those being in Indiana during the year to be eligible to play in the State Championship Tournament. The previous year’s State Championship does count as one of the required events.




NEW BYLAWS COMMITTEE: Bonnie Seibold, Sharon Chiddester, Russell Baker for 2009


2009  ARTICLE V SECTION 3 paragraph a: previously read: The President of this association shall receive $150.00 for expenses. NOW READS – The President of this association shall receive $150.00 for expenses per year.

ARTICLE V SECTION 3 paragraph b: previously read: The Secretary will receive fifty cents ($.50) per entry for receiving entries and setting up classes for all sanctioned tournaments. NOW READS – The secretary will receive fifty cents ($.50) per entry for receiving stats from tournament directors and reporting to NASTAT.

ARTICLE V SECTION 3 paragraph e: added – The Treasurer will receive twenty-five cents ($.25) per tournament entry for processing monies received.

ARTICLE V SECTION 5 paragraph b: previously read: The President and three (3) Area Vice-Presidents shall be elected in odd numbered years. NOW READS: The President, the Central Vice-president, Northeast Vice-President, Southeast Vice-President shall be elected in odd numbered years.

ARTICLE VSECTION 5 paragraph c: previously read: The 1st Vice - President and two (2) Area Vice-Presidents, the Secretary, and the Treasurer shall be elected in even numbered years. NOW READS: The 1st Vice President, the Northwest Vice-President, Southwest Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer shall be elected in even numbered years.

ARTICLE V SECTION 5 paragraph d: previously read: The newly elected officers shall take office on November 1 following their elections. NOW READS: The newly elected officers will take office 30 days following their election.