Several regional associations still exist, though without any political significance.
Churches continue to be the members of the regional associations but have no direct participation in the national organization.
Currently the Association numbers some 20,000 registered members from over 200 clubs and regional associations.
There are also several regional associations of fire safe councils.
There is also a large number of regional and local associations.
An obviously missing regional association is one that represents Africa.
This however was vetoed by the powerful regional associations in 1932.
The national association was founded in 1913 as a union between the regional associations.
National and regional educational associations were encouraged within the Society.
The idea, according to the owner, was to give people who were not members of a regional association the opportunity to taste traditional country food.
