How does 'ex officio' titles across two organisations affect their relationship?

Question

If an office holder from one organisation is an ex officio office holder in another, how does one describe the relaitonship that it creates between the two organisations?

The president of an organisation is the ex officio 1st VP of mine, and I'm trying to find a way to explain the relationship to the others from that other group. What's the best way to describe what the crafters of my constitution were trying to say?

Answer 1

The best way to describe the relationship is that the first organization (the one in which the person is the president) is a member of the second organization (the one in which the person is automatically 1st Vice-President).

The fact that the first organization elects its own president would imply that the second organization does not control the first organization. The fact that president of the first organization is merely an officer of the second, but not the president of the second, would tend to show that the first organization does not control the second.

Taking the two together, the organizations are independent but the first organization is a key participant in the second organization. Its importance is recognized by the major role officially set aside for the first organization.

Answer 2

Your organization and the other have some mutual goal, which made it logical for you to set up yours so their president automatically becomes your first VP.

It doesn't tie the organizations together, but it is a strong indicator of a common objective.