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Executive consists of thirteen persons:

• A President—who "shall be responsible for the general supervision of the affairs of the Union", who is usually male (but has been, on at least two occasions in V.U.W.'s stormy past, a female) and has, by hallowed tradition (but not by law) usually been an experienced member of the outgoing Executive.
• Men's Vice-President—must be male, also customarily an experienced Executive member; he "shall assist the President in his duties and shall in the absence of the President be and act as President of the Union and Chairman of the Executive".
• Women's Vice-President—must be female, is an equal of the Men's Vice-President.
• Secretary—the cornerstone of the whole structure, is expected to do three or four times as much work as anyone else. Only qualifications imposed by tradition is willingness, but incumbents are usually also people of imagination and vision. May be of either sex. Duties include: "acting as Secretary of the Union and the Executive and of all committees of the Executive to which not other person has been appointed as Secretary; keeping all necessary or usual minute books, copies of all correspondence and such other books, papers and records as may be required; seeing that all meetings, notices and other acts and things required to be done . . . are duly summoned, given and done and shall do all things in his power to carry into effect the Constitution; have such other rights and duties as are conferred or imposed upon him by the Constitution or by the Executive,"
• Treasurer—wherever possible the Treasurer shall be a qualified accountant or B.Com.; otherwise candidates must have passed Accounting II. Duties include "supervising the financial affairs of the Union".
• Eight Committee members—four men and four women.