Regional Administrative Groups (RAG)
In 1970, a change in By-laws changed all the sections to chapters and assigned them to a Regional Administrative Group (RAG). The geographic areas of the RAGs are given below. RAGs were eliminated in 1983.
RAG |
Area |
Chapters |
Central States |
NE, IA, KS, MO |
Central States |
Great Lakes |
IL, IN, MI, OH, WI |
ANL-NAL Central Indiana Ohio in 1980 North Central in 1973 Wisconsin in 1972 |
Middle Atlantic |
VA, DC, NC, MD (zips 207-214) |
Mid-Atlantic |
Minnesota |
MN, ND, SD |
Minnesota |
New England |
ME, MA, RI, NH, VT, CT (zips 060-064) |
New England New England TF |
New Mexico Renamed Southwest in 1975 |
NM, AZ, TX |
New Mexico Arizona in 1979 Texas in 1981 |
New York- |
CT (zips 06807-06903), DE, MD (zips 217 & up),, NY (zips 10001-11999, 12401-12603), NJ (Princeton-Asbury Park and north), PA, WV |
Greater New York Delaware Valley Upstate New York in 1973 |
Northern California |
Northern CA (zips 937-980), NV |
Northern California |
Pacific Northwest |
WA, OR, ID, British Columbia |
Pacific Northwest |
Rocky Mountain |
CO, UT, WY, MT |
Rocky Mountain |
Southern California |
Southern CA (zips 900-935) |
Southern California Southern Calif. TF |
South Central |
AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, OK, SC, TN |
Florida in 1971 Tennessee Valley in 1979 |