The Freehold Owners Association was organized in October of 1999, in an attempt to level the playing field between freeholders and the oil and gas companies that lease their oil and gas interests. FHOA is a federally-incorporated, not-for-profit corporation currently registered to operate in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

A volunteer board of directors governs the activities of the Freehold Owners Association. The current board was elected by the members at FHOA’s September 18, 2004 Annual Meeting. The board consists primarily of ordinary citizens who own freehold oil or gas interests, but also includes members of the legal community and oil and gas industry professions who are concerned with maintaining fairness in society while still championing the fundamental principles of free enterprise ("Board of Directors”). At the September meeting, Mrs. Else Pedersen was re-elected as President of FHOA to hold office for a term of two years.

The principle goals of the Freehold Owners Association are to:

• provide information and education which will help freehold owners protect their valuable resources;
• research issues of concern to freeholders (“FHOA's Concerns ”);
• promote fairer treatment for all freehold owners by acting as their common voice, by bringing their legitimate concerns to the attention of the oil and gas industry, industry regulators, governments and the general public, and by advocating reasonable resolutions to these concerns.

FHOA is currently staffed entirely by volunteers and funded solely by modest fees for membership, technical services and seminar attendance (“Audited Financial Statements”). As of April 2004, 2700 individuals representing more than 8,000 freehold owners have joined the Freehold Owners Association. If FHOA is to achieve its goals, we need your support (“Board of Directors’ Message”, “How to Join FHOA”)