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1. The Executive Director

1.1. Selection and Tenure
(a) "The Executive Director of the Association . . . shall be appointed by the Council, after it hears the recommendations of the President. (The Executive Director) shall have (a term) . . . fixed by the Council and . . . shall be eligible for reappointment" (VI, 1).
(b) The Council shall appoint the Executive Director for a term of up to five years.
(c) The salary and other terms of the appointment shall be stipulated in a contract proposed jointly by the President and the person recommended for appointment as Executive Director. The contract shall be presented to the Council and shall become operative when approved by the Council and signed by the President and the person appointed as Executive Director.
(d) At least once every two years, the president, president-elect and treasurer, after gathering comparable data, shall review the salary of the Executive Director and, if they deem it advisable, recommend to the Administrative Committee an increase above the cost-of-living adjustment approved by the Council. The same procedure will be followed in those special circumstances when it is inappropriate for the Executive Director to set the salary of an employee.

1.2. If a vacancy occurs during the Executive Director's term, the President shall, with the advice and consent of the Council, appoint an acting Director to serve until the office is filled.

1.3. Status and Duties
(a) The Executive Director shall be the chief administrative officer of the Association.
(b) The Executive Director shall:
1. have charge of the National Administrative Office;
2. assist the President and the Administrative Committee in preparing the annual budget;
3. have custody of the Association's funds, discharge its financial obligations, and arrange for an annual independent audit of the Association's accounts;
4. formulate plans and policies for the Association and submit them to the Administrative Committee for its consideration;
5. provide information and assistance to the President, the Administrative Committee, the Council, and to the members of the Association.
6. prepare an annual report on the activities of the Association for presentation to the Annual Meeting of members;
7. arrange for the editing and publishing of PS: Political Science & Politics, The Political Science Teacher and other publications authorized by the Council; and
8. perform such other duties as the President, the Administrative Committee, or the Council may direct.

2. The Managing Editor of the American Political Science Review

2.1. For purposes of interpreting Article VI of the Constitution and these by-laws, the Managing Editor of APSR is defined to include the Managing Editor of Perspectives on Politics and reference to a Board of Editors of the APSR shall be defined to include a Board of Editors of Perspectives on Politics.

2.2. Selection and Tenure
(a) ". . . the Managing Editor of the American Political Science Review shall be appointed by the Council, after it hears the recommendation of the President. (The Managing Editor of the APSR) shall have (a term) fixed . . . by the Council; and . . . be eligible for reappointment" (VI, 1).
(b)The President, in consultation with an ad hoc search committee selected by the procedures stipulated in Chapter III, 1.2(h), shall review candidates for the post of Managing Editor of the APSR and shall recommend one to the Council for appointment.
(c) It shall be Council policy to appoint a Managing Editor for a total of not more than six years. The Council shall stipulate the salary and other conditions of the Managing Editor's appointment at the time of appointment.
(d) If a vacancy occurs during the Managing Editor's term, the President shall, with the advice and consent of the Council, appoint an acting Managing Editor until the office is filled.

2.3. Status and Duties
(a) The Managing Editor of the APSR shall have the final responsibility for the APSR's editorial content.
(b) The Managing Editor shall be responsible for deciding how manuscripts for articles, research notes, book reviews, book notes, and communications shall be reviewed; for deciding which manuscripts will be published; for determining the journal's format; for keeping the journal's editorial costs within the limits authorized by the Council; and for reporting annually to the Association's members on the journal's affairs.

3. Chairperson and Chairperson-Designate of the Program Committee

3.1. Selection and Tenure
(a) The President-Elect shall appoint a Chairperson-Designate of the Program Committee for the Annual Meeting to be held during the President-Elect's term as President, to take office on appointment.
(b) The Chairperson-Designate shall become Chairperson of the Program Committee, including membership on the Council, on the first day after the close of the Annual Meeting whose program was organized by his or her predecessor, and terminate at the end of the last day of the Annual Meeting whose program he or she organized.

3.2. Powers and Duties
The Chairperson and Chairperson-Designate of the Program Committee shall, within the rules and guidelines made by the Council, be responsible for the organization of all aspects of their respective Annual Meetings except the Annual Business Meetings.

4. American Political Science Association Representatives to Other Organizations

When the Association is invited to name an Association representative or representatives to other organizations, such as the International Political Science Association, Social Science Research Council, American Council of Learned Societies, Consortium of Social Science Associations, National Coalition for History, and American Association for the Advancement of Science, the President shall, with the advice and consent of the Council, select a nominee for each post.