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Article IX
ARTICLE IX - REGIONS
SECTION A - The members of the Association shall be divided into regions to advance the purposes and to facilitate the program of the Association. The regions shall be a part of the Association and subject to the Bylaws, the duly elected officers, and the Board of Directors.
SECTION B - The regions of the Association shall be ten in number, having the following names and composed of the designated geographic areas:
- Atlantic: the states of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia;
- Central: the states of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Province of Manitoba;
- Eastern: the states of New Jersey, New York, and the Canadian Province of Ontario;
- Midwest: the states of Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio;
- Northeast: the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Canadian Provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec;
- Northwest: the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories and Yukon.
- Pacific: the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada,
- Rocky Mountain/Plains: the states of Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan;
- Southeast: the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee;
- Southwest: the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas;
SECTION C - The officers of a region shall be a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and any other officers the membership of a region desire in order to promote regional functioning.
SECTION D - Each region shall organize Standing Committees within the region to correspond to the Association Standing Committees. These Regional Standing Committees shall be responsible to and shall function collaboratively with the respective Association Committees. A Regional Standing Committee may be composed of one person. A Region may organize such additional Standing Committees or ad hoc committees as the membership of a Region desire to promote regional functioning, consistent with Association policy.
SECTION E - Regions may authorize the formation of chapters of the Association upon a metropolitan or state basis. Such chapters shall be responsible to the region within which each exists.
SECTION F - Regions may adopt Regional Guidelines consistent with the Association Bylaws and subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
SECTION G - A region may authorize a member of the Association to be related to a region other than the one in which said member resides.