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-8- 5. Consideration leading to more effective participation of members in the chapters of NOMA; 6. Election of Regional Representatives and such other officers as may be authorized by the By-Laws; 7. Other matters as deemed necessary by the Region to further the purposes of NOMA. C. Officers: The officers of the region shall be: 1. The regional Director; (elected by National Conventions) 2. The Regional Representatives D. Voting: 1. Voting in regional Conferences shall be on the basis of one vote for each chapter seated. 2. Each chapter shall have one vote at the Regional Conference. V. [[underlined]] Departmental Functions: [[/underlined]] A. These functions shall operate by Regions accepting the responsibility o a two-year basis by assignment at the National Convention and rotated bi-annually. 1. Organizational Structure and Growth: To foster communication and fellowship among minority architects; to act as a clearinghouse for information on and for minority architects and maintain rosters for practitioners and minority engineering planning and contracting firms. This department will act to arrange all National Conventions and Professional Meetings and act as Parliamentatian at same; to maintain records on the direction of the Organization and advise when this direction begins to change: to act as Nominating office for all elected official in keeping with the Constitution; to act as Historian for the Organization and develop tools which express [[preprinted]] [[image/logo: black/white line drawing of a square with four black triangles within]] HAROLD L. WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS AND URBAN PLANNERS [[/preprinted]]