The Nova Scotia Secondary School Students' Association (known commonly as the NSSSA or as "The N-Trip" to its members) is an organization in Nova Scotia, Canada run mainly by students in Grades 9 to 12, enrolled in a Nova Scotia secondary school. Its purpose is to foster growth of leadership skills among youth, primarily through the use of regional and province-wide annual leadership conferences. Every student enrolled in a secondary school in Nova Scotia is a member of this organization, regardless of whether they have ever attended an NSSSA event or not. Organization The NSSSA is run by a committee, who operate under the rules of a Constitution. There is an executive, consisting of an elected President who is typically either a student in either their last year of secondary school or their first year of post-secondary, as well two elected Vice Presidents, internal and external. The executive has responsibility for the whole organization and is responsible for chairing the directing committee, known as Provincial Cabinet, and sitting on the planning committee, known as Conference Committee. The NSSSA is also divided into six regions, each of which has its own Regional Cabinet which combines the responsibilities of both the Provincial Cabinet and the Conference Committee on a much smaller scale. Provincial Cabinet The directing committee is known as Provincial Cabinet, known as PC, and consists of a President, Vice-President External, Vice President Internal, Secretary, Treasurer, one Media Relations officer, two Conference Co-Chairs, two Inclusion Conference Co-Chairs, and twelve Co-Premiers (two from each region). The non-voting positions on the Provincial Cabinet include the Provincial Advisor, the Webmaster and Past President. The Provincial Cabinet is responsible for the overall direction of the organization, as well as forming its policies and dealing with external affairs. Its primary focus is to make sure the organization runs efficiently, and to be a reporting body for the Conference Committee. Conference Committee The NSSSA holds at least eight conferences annually, one in each region, and one province-wide conference on the third weekend of May, as well as an Inclusion Conference for special needs students. Additionally, most regions host a conference for students in grade 9. The Conference Committee, known as CC, is responsible for organizing and running the Provincial Conference each year. The same Conference Co-Chairs who sit on Provincial Cabinet are also responsible for chairing and directing this committee, and are ultimately responsible for the proper