The SSA is governed by a Board of Directors that is democratically elected by our individual members every two years in February.  The Board of Directors have the final say on all SSA decisions (except, obviously, who gets elected to the Board of Directors--which only the membership decides).

The Board of Directors is very open to input from individual members, SSA Staff, volunteers, and the SSA's Advisory Board members.  However, only the Board of Directors and membership (in elections) have any actual governing power. 

For more exciting details on how the SSA is governed, please consult our Bylaws. (The SSA's Bylaws were updated on 7/3/2008.)