ARTICLE II.

COMPONENT ASSOCIATIONS

• The ASSOCIATION may expand by the acceptance of Component Associations.
• Application to become a Component Association shall be made in writing to the Board of Directors of the ASSOCIATION. The Board of Directors determine the eligibility of the applicant to become a Component Association. The President of the ASSOCIATION shall report the recommendations of the Board to the next annual Assembly of Delegates or at a special meeting of delegates, expressly for the purpose of expediting membership. Component status shall be granted on an affirmative simple majority vote of the delegates present.
• Membership requirements to Component Associations shall be the same as the ASSOCIATION membership. (See article IV, individual memberships)
• Bylaws of Component Associations must either be the same as the ASSOCIATION (The ASSOCIATION Bylaws contain sufficient information for Component Association's operations) or must not contain contradictions to the Bylaws of the ASSOCIATION.
• A Component Association may be suspended or expelled for cause upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors and by the two-thirds majority vote of the delegates present in either the annual or a special meeting of the Assembly of Delegates.