Article VI: Regional Directors

(1) The geographic regions of the North American Saxophone Alliance, as described in the Constitution, Article V, Section 7, shall each have a Regional Director. The President shall have the authority to appoint individuals as Regional Directors, with the Executive Committee confirming these appointments as specified in the Constitution, Article VI, Section 4. (2) Regional Directors shall represent the interests of the North American Saxophone Alliance, fostering its aims and purposes at the local regional level. Regional Directors shall report directly to the President on matters of business involving their respective regions. (3) Regional Directors shall be charged with the following specific responsibilities: (a) Initiating and supervising the organization of regional conferences on a periodic basis (generally biannually). (b) Soliciting articles for possible publication in the journal from qualified members within their respective regions, and submitting, and/or soliciting from others, reports of an informative nature on events of interest within their respective regions, to be submitted for consideration to the NASA Update Editor. (c) Developing membership and membership retention within their respective regions by responding to inquiries and by communicating with potentially interested individuals within their respective regions on behalf of the Alliance. (4) Regional Directors shall be reimbursed and/or advance funds to cover the expenses of performing their duties. In order to receive such funding, the individual Regional Director shall submit to the President a request in the form of a proposal and itemization, which shall comprise an estimate of anticipated expenses. This request shall be in the possession of President three weeks prior to the earliest date when the actual funds are needed by the Regional Director. The President shall confer with the Executive Committee, and majority approval of the committee shall be required for the funding to be approved. Upon approval, the Treasurer shall forward the funds to the Regional Director. Actual expenditures shall not exceed the estimate by more than five percent (5%), or the excess shall not be rendered by the Treasurer without the approval of two-thirds of the Executive Committee. In no case shall expenditures at the regional level exceed five percent (5%) of the available funds of the Alliance.