The following Bylaws change was voted on and passed at the 2019 National Convention.
ARTICLE IV - BYLAWS
Move paragraph 3 and 4 under 1.02 Annual Meeting to new section 1.11 deleting the word Note and having it start with Effective.
1.11: Junior Members
Note: Effective January 2013 July 2019, "Junior" member shall refer to an individual 9 8 through 21 years of age (9 through 20 in transition year 2012) who owns at least one registered Brown Swiss animal (or participates in the National Brown Swiss Association Youth Lease Program) in his or her individual name or joint ownership with another Junior member and who has had the membership processed and issued. An individual must be a National Junior Member in order to participate in any National Youth Contest. Juniors agree to comply with a Youth Code of Conduct as approved and updated by the National Board of Directors. Junior membership is free of charge. Junior members do not receive voting privileges.
Young Juniors who are not yet 9 8 years old by January 1 of the current year may apply for a "Junior Associate" membership. Such membership will allow those youth to register cattle at membership rates. This would be the only benefit for this type of membership.