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ARTICLE IX: Standing Committees
Section 1: Budget/Finance Committee
          A. The Budget/Finance Committee shall consist of the Executive Committee of the FCE Board;
          B. The Treasurer shall submit a proposed budget of anticipated revenues and expenditures to the Finance Committee at the planning meeting held between annual conferences;
          C. The Committee shall act on this budget and submit the proposed budget to the FCE Board for approval;
          D. The budget shall be submitted to the voting delegates in writing at least 30 days prior to annual conference and shall be presented for action at the business meeting of annual conference;
          E. The Finance Committee can submit line item transfers to the proposed budget
Section 2: Bylaws Committee
The Bylaws Committee will be appointed annually by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee for the purpose of review and proposal of amendments.
Section 3: Credentials Committee
The Credentials Committee shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee. The Committee shall consist of the secretary, who shall serve as Chairman, and presidents of state affiliates to represent each region for the purpose of verifying the voting credentials. (see Article V, Section 10) One additional member shall be appointed by the President from one of the three regions; not repeating the same region during the President’s three-year term.
Section 4: Elections Committee
The Elections Committee shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee. The committee shall be composed of a chairman who is a member of the FCE Board and one FCE member from each of the three regions.  The committee shall be responsible for distributing, collecting and counting ballots when the voting is done by ballot. One additional member shall be appointed by the President from one of the three regions; not repeating the same region during the President’s three-year term.
Section 5: Nominating Committee
A five-member Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Executive Committee and shall consist of one member of the FCE Board and a president of a state affiliate in each of the three regions (see Article V, Section 3) One additional member shall be appointed by the President from one of the three regions; not repeating the same region during the President’s three-year term.
Section 6: Special Committees
Special committees may be appointed by the President as needed with the approval of the Executive Committee. Chairmen of these committees shall:
          A. Attend FCE Board meetings at the request of the President without vote;
          B. Provide the President with a written report and, if requested, an oral report

ARTICLE X. Meetings
Section 1:
FCE shall meet annually for the purpose of electing officers, determining annual objectives and actions, adopting a budget, conducting business and presenting educational programs.
Section 2:
The voting delegates at the annual conference shall be the presidents of state affiliates in good standing or their certified alternates. A certified alternate shall be a member of a state. The FCE elected Board members shall also be voting
delegates on all business matters except elections.
Section 3:
Non-voting members and visitors, upon payment of the registration fee, may attend the meetings of annual conference.
Section 4:
A special meeting of FCE may be called by the President, a majority of the members of the Executive Committee or at the written request of a majority of the state affiliates in good standing upon a thirty-day notice stating the purpose of
the meeting.
Section 5:
A majority of the certified voting delegates registered shall constitute a quorum.
Section 6:
A vote of the FCE Board and Executive Committee may be taken by mail, telephone, fax or e-mail or any combination of these and such vote shall have the force and effect of a vote taken at a meeting. The results of the vote shall be
reported as soon as possible by the same method by which the vote was taken.  Action taken by electronic communications shall be verified and recorded in the minutes at the next session of the Board or Executive Committee meeting.

ARTICLE XI. Regions
There shall be three regions composed of members within states/multi-states/territories of the USA. They shall be called the Atlantic Region, Central Region, and Pacific Region.

The Atlantic Region shall include:
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and the Virgin Islands.

The Central Region shall include:
Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.

The Pacific Region shall include:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.