The members of the Eagle Council are:
*# The [[President]] of the Society, who serves as [[Chief of the Order]];*# The [[Eagle Grand Marshal]];*# The [[Eagle Grand Chancellor]];*# The [[Eagle Vice-Chancellor]];*# The [[Eagle Secretary General]]; and*# The [[Eagle Receiver General]].
Ex officio members of the Eagle Council are:
*The [[Eagle Assistant Secretary General]], normally the Society's [[Assistant Secretary]];*The [[Eagle Assistant Receiver General]], normally the Society's [[Assistant Treasurer]]; and*[[Headquarters Staff]].
The Eagle Council is charged to meet at least annually at the call of the Chief of the Order. Meetings are chaired by the Chief, and in his absence the gavel falls to other members in the order given above.
The duties of the Eagle Council include:
* <ul><li>Making recommendations to the [[Board]] on changes to the Society's [[Mission Statement]] and [[Vision Statement]];</li>* <li>Setting Society [[Membership Privileges]];</li>* <li>Setting Society member discounts;</li> * <li>Setting the [[Warrant of Precedence]] for the Society and the OAE;</li>* <li>Settling disputes between members in matters of honor, where both parties agree to accept the ruling of the Council (Note: This duty may be delegated to an uninvolved member or members of the Council, or if none are available, to an uninvolved member or members of the OAE.);</li>* <li>Establishing the specific duties of the component offices; and</li>* <li>Such other duties as may be delegated to them by the [[Board]].</li></ul>
Primary among such other duties at present is the charge to maintain the [[Five-Year Plan]].
When the Eagle Council cannot meet due to insufficient officers having been named to obtain a quorum, their work may be done by an ad hoc committee of willing members of the OAE under the chairmanship of anyone other than a member of the Eagle Council.