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<li>Serve as chief executive officer; and subject to the control of the Board , shall supervise and control the affairs of the corporation.</li>
<li>Chair meetings of the Membership.</li>
<li>Chair meetings of the Board in the absence of the [[Chairman]].</li>
<li>Execute deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, checks, and other instruments, though the responsibility for these may be assigned to others with the consent of the Board. These powers for routine activities are occasionally normally delegated to a Business Agent by vote members of the Board[[Headquarters Staff]].</li>
<li>Appoint the Chairmen (or Deans) of all Committees (but not committee members or , sub-committee chairmen, or [[Study Groups|Study Group]] Coordinators).</li>
<li>Serve as an ex officio member of all standing committees of the corporation save the [[Nominating Committee]].</li>
<li>Serve as Chief of the Order of the [[Order of the Augustan Eagle]].</li>
<li>Cast tie-breaking votes in elections for [[DirectorDirectors]] or [[By-Laws|By-LawAmendments]] amendments submitted to the membership. (These most often are needed when there are more write-in votes than vacancies.)</li> <li>Moderate the [[AugustanBoard YahooGroup]], when such is not supressed.</li>
<li>Perform all other duties incident to his office and such other duties as may be required by law or by the [[By-Laws]], or which may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.</li>
Except for Chief of the Order (of the Augustan Eagle), it is frowned upon for the President to hold other offices such as a [[Committee Chairmen|Committee Chairman]], [[Committee Chairmen|Dean]], or [[Committee Chairmen|Study Group Coordinator]]. Membership in such groups is acceptable, but great care must be taken not to offend or overrule the sitting chairman while doing so.
The President, in his capacity as the official face of the Society, may designate special liaisons to other groups. To dateIn the past, such have been appointed for:
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