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A. The Board of Trustees shall be composed of thirty-one voting members, as follows:

1. The Chair, the Vice Chair, the President, and the immediately preceding Chair, as members ex officio.
2. Nine Trustees elected by the six Regional Assemblies, one each, with the additional three to be elected on a rotating basis, as provided in Article IV. D. of these Bylaws.
3. Three Trustees elected by the three National Assemblies, one each, as provided in Article V. Sections D, E, and F of these Bylaws.
4. Twelve Trustees elected by the members of the College Board in accordance with the procedure specified in articles VI and VII of these Bylaws.
5. The Chair or Vice Chair of each of the three National Assembly Councils as members ex officio.

B. Whenever the term of a Trustee elected by a Regional Assembly or a National Assembly is approaching termination, or a vacancy in such Trustee position otherwise occurs, the Regional Assembly or the National Assembly, as the case may be, that elected such Trustee shall elect a successor. The successor shall be elected for any unexpired term of a predecessor in office or, if the vacancy occurs within twelve months of the expiration of the term, for a full term in addition to the unexpired term.

C. Whenever a vacancy occurs among the Trustees to be elected by the members of the College Board as a whole, a successor shall be chosen by the members of the College Board in accordance with Articles VI and VII of these Bylaws, except that when a vacancy occurs before the expiration of a term, the Board of Trustees may designate a person to serve as Trustee until a successor can be elected by the members. A successor shall be elected for the unexpired term of the predecessor in office unless only one year remains in the unexpired term, in which case the successor shall be elected for a full term in addition to that one year.

D. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, Trustees shall be elected for a term of four years commencing immediately upon the conclusion of the Annual Meeting in the year in which they were nominated and expiring at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting four years later and shall serve until the election of their respective successors. A Trustee who has served continuously for four years or more shall not be eligible for immediate re-election.