<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><div class="Section1"><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 4pt; "><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 4pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="fnpe11"><u id="fnpe12"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">12 - Territories</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">OIDF will recognize any proposed eligible Local Chapters, regardless of the geographic scope of the chapter, including chapters with overlapping territories and missions. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="black"><span style="color: black; ">Chapters organized at the nation state level may apply to the OIDF to be recognized as the OIDF-designated national chapter. OIDF will recognize at most one chapter as the designated national chapter in a nation-state at any time.</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font></b></div></div></div></div></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div>What criteria will be used to decide which application is granted the national chapter if there is more then one applicant?</div><div><br></div><div>If the national chapter leadership is lacking and another group wants to take over, how is that done?</div><div><br></div><div>These are very subjective / political criteria that I think would be best for the OIDF to stay out of if possible.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Dick</div><div><br></div><br></body></html>