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A. There shall be six Regional Assemblies of the College Board, composed of representatives of all the members of the College Board located in the geographical areas specified for each Assembly in Paragraph B. of this Article. The location of an educational association or organization shall be determined for this purpose by the geographical location of a duly designated representative. A member not located within the area of a Regional Assembly shall be assigned to one of the Assemblies by the Board of Trustees.

B. The areas included in each of the Regional Assemblies are as follows:

1. Middle States Regional Assembly: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.;
2. Midwestern Regional Assembly: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin;
3. New England Regional Assembly: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
4. Southern Regional Assembly: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia;
5. Southwestern Regional Assembly: Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas;
6. Western Regional Assembly: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

C. The Regional Assemblies shall participate in the work of the College Board by providing a forum for the members in each region:

1. To further the understanding of the purposes of the College Board and of the utilization of its programs and services;
2. To discuss, appraise, and criticize the programs and services provided by the College Board and the policies and practices involved in their administration;
3. To identify problems confronted by the members that the College Board might usefully endeavor to assist in solving by developing new programs;
4. To exchange ideas on matters of educational concern relevant to the purposes and programs of the College Board;
5. To consider and adopt recommendations and resolutions for transmission to the Board of Trustees and Officers of the College Board and resolutions to be presented to Annual Meetings of the members of the College Board.

D. The Regional Assemblies shall participate in the governance of the College Board by electing nine members of the Board of Trustees, one each, with the additional three to be elected on a rotating basis, as provided in Article X of these Bylaws.

The procedure for nominating and electing such Trustee shall be prescribed in the governance plan of each Assembly, adopted in accordance with Paragraph E. of this Article and designed to accord each member of the College Board that is a member of the Assembly full opportunity to participate in such nominations and elections.

E. Each Regional Assembly shall adopt a written plan for its own governance and operation, designed to facilitate the effective performance of the foregoing functions, which shall be effective on approval by the Board of Trustees of the College Board. Such a plan embodied in Bylaws or rules heretofore adopted by a Regional Assembly and approved by the Board of Trustees shall continue in effect until superseded or amended with the approval of the Trustees.

F. No Regional Assembly is authorized to make legally enforceable commitments or to in incur liabilities of any kind on behalf of the College Board. The necessary and reasonable expenses of operating the Regional Assemblies shall be defrayed in accordance with the normal budgetary procedures of the College Board. Support for special projects may be provided by funds voluntarily contributed for the purpose by members of the Assembly but such contributions shall only be solicited after consultation with the Board of Trustees of the College Board and no member shall, in any event, be obligated to make such contribution or be subject to assessment of any kind by a Regional Assembly.