[naraht]

I'll try to keep this brief, one of these days I'm going to write a research level paper (4 pages+) on the Organizational structure of Alpha Phi Omega.

The Post Constitutional Convention Number did make a great deal more sense than the numbering appears to today. The 1960s had seen Alpha Phi Omega go from State chairmen to a section based system that started on the west coast and used almost all the numbers up to 30 going from the west coast to the east. However just before con-con sections had started to split using both numbers out of sequence (above 30) and using A's and B's at the end of the section.

At Con-con, the decision was made to go to a four level system rather than a three level system (Including the RDs). The sections were renumbered from 1 through 99 leaving gaps for future expansion. They just ended up putting the larger gaps in the wrong place.

Here is as much as I have been able to figure out about the sections *as they were set up at Con-Con*. (Working *down* by regions). As best as I can tell, there was only *one* case where the sections overlapped between Regions and that was section 49.

Region X (Contains today's Regions X and XI)
Section 1 (Most of Los Angeles + points slightly north)
Section 2 (San Diego + Arizona)
Section 4 (Northern California + Hawaii + *all* of Nevada)
Section 7 (Montana, Northern Idaho & Eastern WA)
Section 8 (Oregon, Western WA & Alaska)
Section 14 (Utah and Southern Idaho (LDS heavy areas).

Region IX
Section 21 (Iowa)
Section 23 (Minn & Dakotas)
Section 26 (Nebraska) (I think it was in IX and moved early into VIII, still checking)
Section 27 (Wisconsin)

Region VIII
Section 30 (Colorado/Wyoming)
Section 32 (Oklahoma)
Section 33 (Arkansas)
Section 34 (Kansas)
Section 35 (Western Mo)
Section 49 (Eastern Mo & Southern IL) (Yes it is out of sequence, I'm not sure why)

Region VII
Section 40 (West TX + NM)
Section 41 (NE TX)
Section 42 (Southern TX)
Section 45 (Louisiana)

Region VI
Section 48 (IL other than southern)
Section 52 (Indiana)
Section 54 (Michigan)

Region V
Section 57 (Ohio)
Section 61 (WV)
Section 63 (Western PA)
Section 67 (KY in Eastern Timezone)

Region IV
Section 68 (TN in the Eastern Timezone)
Section 69 (Alabama)
Section 70 (Western KY &TN)
Section 71 (Mississippi)
Section 72 (GA)
Section 74 (FL)
Section 77 (SC)

Region III
Section 79 (Western NC)
Section 80 (Eastern NC)
Section 82 (VA)
Section 84 (DC & MD)

Region II
Section 88 (Eastern Upstate NY)
Section 89 (Western Upstate NY)
Section 90 (Central PA)
Section 91 (NE PA)
Section 92 (SE PA & Delaware)

Region I
Section 95 (New England)
Section 97 (NYC & Long Island)
Section 98 (Puerto Rico)
Section 99 (New Jersey)