The Chairman is the same as a Segretario in the Sicilian Mafia Commission before that position became powerful. The Chairman's sole role was to organize the meetings and provide security, in other words he was responsible for the commission meetings and had to be available and reached if other commission members want to have a commission meeting. He did not have to be a more powerful boss then the others or had to be from the strongest family in the country, but that did happened. He was still considered an equal and had no power above that, but did have to serve as arbiter once in awhile if things were getting out of hand at the commission meeting.