<P> The chairman ( also chair ) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board , a committee , or a deliberative assembly . The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group . The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion . When the group is not in session , the officer 's duties often include acting as its head , its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson . In some organizations , this position is also called president ( or other title ) , in others , where a board appoints a president ( or other title ) , the two different terms are used for distinctly different positions . </P>
<P> The chairman ( also chair ) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board , a committee , or a deliberative assembly . The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group . The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion . When the group is not in session , the officer 's duties often include acting as its head , its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson . In some organizations , this position is also called president ( or other title ) , in others , where a board appoints a president ( or other title ) , the two different terms are used for distinctly different positions . </P>
who elects the chair and the vice chair person
who elects the chair and the vice chair person
by the members of the group
by the members of the group