Berkeley Student Cooperative - Governance

Governance

The BSC is governed by a Board of Directors with 29 voting members. Each of the 17 houses and 3 apartment complexes elects a representative to a 4-month term coinciding with the UC Berkeley academic semester. Larger houses may have up to 4 representatives. The BSC Alumni Association and Employees Association also each have one representative. The Board meets twice a month September - May and once a month June - August. Decisions are made by majority vote.

The President and Vice Presidents, who run committees that screen proposals for the Board, are student members elected by the board to 1-year terms. The BSC also has a permanent staff of approximately 20, including maintenance, office, and food warehouse employees. Staff supervises student managers who handle day to day management at the houses and apartment complexes. These managers are elected by their individual houses. Each house also holds councils every week or every other week to set house level policies and allocate house level budgets.