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1. How are the powers that be in the LSR put into their positions? Are they elected? By whom?
Wow! Now I understand what you meant crayon - From the LS Region By Laws:

ARTICLE IV. Membership of the Board of Directors

Membership on the Board of Directors shall be open to all persons, who are interested in furthering the purposes of this corporation as expressed in Article III of these By-Laws. Members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by a majority vote of the then existing Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting of the Corporation or any special meeting called for the purpose of electing members to the Board of Directors. Any Director may be removed from the Board by a two-thirds vote of the Directors present and voting at any special or annual meeting at which a quorum is present. The corporation shall not have any voting members other than those persons duly elected or serving on the Board of Directors. All members duly elected or serving on the Board of Directors shall have one vote per member to vote on all matters submitted to the Board

Amazing! The Board elects the Board. Is that legal for a non-profit organization?

2. What are the duties of these caretakers of our region?
According to tax documents, the purpose for the region is: training, conducting tournaments, publishing a quarterly newsletter, conducting conferences and board meetings for Adult and Junior members.
3. Are they paid or are these volunteer positions?
There are paid positions. According to the IRS 990 form filed in 2005, 4 members of the board were paid a total of $55,000.
4. What kind of budget does the region operate with and where does the money come from and what are we currently spending it on?
Membership fees received in 2004=$320,000.
According to the balance sheet included in the tax return, the region had $714,000+ on hand at the end of 2004.

This information would seem to create more questions than it answers.
Another interesting fact is that all, and I do mean all, of the people that are currecntly listed as region contacts on the LS Region website are all the same ones listed as being in the same positions in 2004.

According to the By Laws, the following is the purpose of the Region

ARTICLE III. Purpose

The purpose for which this corporation is organized is to foster national and international amateur volleyball competition. In furtherance of this main purpose, the following sub-purposes are set forth:

1. To teach the sport of volleyball to children and adults by holding clinics conducted by qualified instructors in schools, playgrounds and parks;

2. To provide practice volleyball sessions, classroom lectures, seminars and panel discussions through which selected trainees may be schooled in competitive coaching, playing, officiating and scouting techniques;

3. To foster and conduct area, state, regional and national amateur volleyball competitions;

4. To act as the official representative of USA Volleyball within an area designated as the Lone Star Region;

5. To select and train suitable candidates in the techniques of volleyball in national and international competition and thereby improve the caliber of candidates representing the United States in Olympic, Pan American and World Game competitions, and;

6. To foster and conduct amateur volleyball programs in the United States and foreign nations for the exchange and training of suitable candidates in the techniques and practices of volleyball in countries other than their own.