Between the two rulebooks this association was built from, six governing bodies are named and none is defined. Here there are four, each with an exhaustive list of what it may do — and anything done outside those powers is void.
Sets rules, budget, fees and membership. Two-thirds majority, instructed by each program's own board. May not determine any team's pairing, flight or bracket, rule on a participant's eligibility, hear an appeal, or exclude any team from the postseason.
Four elected officers running administration. Has no power over pairing, flight, schedule or bracket. Reports to the Board.
Three directors drawn by lot from uninvolved programs. Written reasons published within five days. This is the only body that resolves disputes — the Board does not sit as an appeals body.
Not a body. A published computation, applied identically to every team and to the games actually played, that decides weekly pairings, the Cup and Shield flights and the postseason brackets. No vote exists for these questions. Communities have their say in public: the Strength Declaration, the Coaches’ Poll and the Opt-Up.