The World Convention takes place each August in a North American city. The main feature of the Conference, other than presentation of awards for effort during the preceding year, is the Annual Business Meeting, at which International officers are elected and policies are made and changed.

The clubs have the voting strength at the world level, with two votes each. Districts often wind up voting the proxies for clubs which don't make it to the Annual Business Meeting each August.

There are a dozen elections to be held each August: eight (or nine, if it's the year to elect the director from Overseas) International Directors, three Vice Presidents, and one President. As there are eight Regions (with two Directors each) and one amalgamated Overseas area (with one Director) sending Directors to the world board, necessarily there are seventeen Directors, serving two-year terms each. There is an International President and three International Vice-Presidents who serve over the whole kit and kaboodle. They serve one year each.

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