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Home  › Membership  › Organized Section Membership  › For Section Officers and Organizers  › Section Handbook  › VII. SECTION CONTINUATION VII. SECTION CONTINUATION In April of 1993, the Council adopted a minimum size threshold for Organized Sections of 250 members (with a minimum of 200 to organize). These thresholds were created in part to help assure that the divisions of the Annual Meeting organized by Sections represent areas with substantial interest in the discipline.