The Governing Council and Executive Committee Members are elected to a 1 year term. The ISA Governing Council includes: The ISA Executive Committee, the Region Presidents, the Section Chairs, the Caucus Chairs, the Journal Editors, the Non-North American Representatives, the Vice-Presidents Elect and the UN-NGO Representative.

As the Annual Convention nears, the upcoming Governing Council Agenda will be made available. Past copies of Governing Council Agendas and Governing Council Meeting Minutes are archived at PAST ANNUAL CONVENTIONS, organized by year.

Governing Council

The Governing Council performs the following tasks:

• Attend the Governing Council meeting the day prior to the Annual Convention
• Approve or modify the President's recommendations of four members of the Executive Committee from its voting and ex-officio membership;
• Elect the Editor of all journals of the Association on the joint recommendation of the President and the Executive Committee;
• Decide questions pertaining to the selection and the term of service of the editor of any official publication in addition to all journals of the Association;
• Elect the Executive Director on the joint recommendation of the President and the Executive Committee
• Recognize component units of the Association, and terminate such recognition;
• Adopt an annual budget, set dues, and authorize expenditures;
• Determine what compensation, if any, is to be paid to the Executive Director and other officers;
• Select the site of the Annual Convention or specifically delegate authority to do so (see Site Selection Policy);
• Governing Council meeting agenda and minutes are archived for each year on the Past Meeting Archive page;
• Approve rules for the conduct of the Annual Meeting of Members, for the holding of elections, and for the submission of proposed amendments and resolutions to members;
• Adopt resolutions and undertake or approve activities designed to promote the purposes of the Association; and
• Establish and terminate standing committees.

(For more information regarding the duties of the Governing Council, see APPENDIX B: Constitution of the International Studies Association, Article VI). Elected Members serve a one-year term and are eligible for re-election while the terms for the Region, Section, Caucus and Journal leaders, as well as the Non-North American Members-at-Large and UN-NGO Representative vary according to their individual elections/nominations.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee consists of: the President, the three Vice Presidents; the President Elect; the immediate Past President; the Treasurer; the Executive Director; and four (4) Members of the Governing Council selected by its Membership. The Annual Convention Program Chair(s) serve as Ex-Officio Member(s) of the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee meets at the call of the President to assist/advise the President as he or she requests in matters that may include, but are not necessarily limited to:

• Performance review of Association Officers; and
• Assignments pursuant to duly adopted resolutions by the Association’s Governing Agencies

(For more information regarding the duties of the Executive Committee, see APPENDIX B: Constitution of the International Studies Association, Article VII). Elected Members serve a one-year term and are eligible for re-election (though the Treasurer is elected to a 3-year term).