GOVERNANCE

Members of the Graduate Student Society become members by default for the duration of each semester, as registered full-time or part-time students with the University of Windsor.

In the Fall semester, members participate in general election of the Board of Directors, more commonly referred to as "Council". Council has ex-officio members, but the majority of its voting members are representatives for each Graduate Studies faculty at the University. In some instances, multiple faculties are represented by a single combined representative.

Council either uses a hiring process or a democratic election process to appoint Council members to Board committees. One such committee, otherwise known as an "Office", is the Executive Office.

This office is special because it comprises of the executive management team, headed by the President. The President usually sits equally as the Chief Executive Office, who sits on the Board of Directors or Council. The President then presides over a team and manages the hired staff in the execution of day-to-day operations.

Note that, while the Board retains the right to appoint members to the Executive Office, it often defers this hiring process to the members through another democratic campaign-and-election process.