In Roman civic administration, two Consuls were elected to manage the affairs of the city. Each had broad powers, but every act was subject to veto by the other Consul. This was the model chosen for the administration of The Augustan Society, Inc., in 2007, and is the foundation for consular authority and limits. Obviously, they also serve at the pleasure of the [[Board]] under contract, and under Board direction through the [[President]].
The logic for having two persons share what would normally be the duties of one executive director is that the job is felt to be larger than one person might manage (especially considering it is a volunteer position), and because the only viable candidates identified in 2007 was were a couple, both of whom were long-time members having joined the Society in 1974. Their skills and competencies are largely complimentary, and while it would be inaccurate to describe their administration as being without conflict, these are in nearly all cases resolved between them without recourse to Board authority.
Consuls may are permitted by contract to style themselves differently as circumstances permit, especially when dealing with those outside the Society who may not be familiar with the term "consulConsul". "Executive Director" is generally preferred for this, and may be employed by either Consul.
==Contract==
==Honorarium==
The honorarium was set at $2 for 2007, doubling each year thereafter. In practice it has been increasing in a 1-2-5 sequence, thus the ninth year of the contract will be $1000 each rather than $512. This has been done with the knowledge and agreement of the Board. Consuls stand ready plan to revert to multiples of two if the Board wishes, effective with 2017.
The logic for the exponential honorarium is that at the time the first contract was signed, $2 was a significant fraction of Society reserves. The predictible predictable increases were intended to give the Society both the incentive and the time needed to obtain a Headquarters outside the Consuls' home; not to impoverish or take over the Society (though should this continue, that would be the effect). Consuls will negotiate lower or no increases if the Board demonstrates concrete progress toward the goal of an independent Headquarters facility. To encourage this, starting with the 2016 contract, payment will be split in half; the first half due in January, and the second half in July, giving Consuls the opportunity to waive half the honorarium if the Society has made substantial progress toward moving out.
==Duties==
In general, the duties duty of the Consuls is to perform all work of the Society under the direction of the Boardnot assigned to others. This includes some specific roles:
#Attendance (by one) at each meeting of the Board or [[Executive Committee]]
#Making themselves available to the Board and Membership as appropriate
That said, it is desirable that most of the all duties of the Administrators above will that do not benefit from being performed at Headquarters be transferred to the Councils or Deansother volunteers. It would also be desirable to name others to transfer some of the role of Librarian and perhaps others, but these will likely have to wait for HQ duties once a public [[Headquarters]] to be has been obtained and for local volunteers to become known.
It has also become customary for one of the Consuls to deliver a "[[State of the Society]]" address at the [[Annual Membership Meeting]]. Often the Board will direct that copies be distributed to either the Board or the Membership. Not all such have been suitable for general publication.
==Support==
The creation of an [[Advisory Council]] has been proposed, but banned discussed and authorized by the [[President]]. It is hoped that this ban not clear when time will be liftedfound to implement such.
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