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V. MEMBERSHIP Section 1. The municipalities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Little Canada, Lauderdale, Mounds View, New Brighton,North Oaks, Roseville, and St. Anthony are eligible to be the Members of the Commission. Any municipality geegr- phieal y een4i ., etts te &+y of these named wittnieipalities and served by a cable communications system through the same Grantee may become a Member pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Section 2. Any municipality desiring to become a Member shall execute a copy of this Agreement and conform to all requirements herein. Section 3. The initial Members shall be those municipalities listed in Section 1 of this Article V. Section 4. Municipalities desiring to become Members after the date specified in Article V; Section 3, may be admitted by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the votes of the Members of the Commission, with at least a majority of the Members €rye-(5) "voting in the affirmative. The Commission may, by resolution, impose conditions upon the admission of additional members. VI. DIRECTORS; VOTING Section 1. Each Member shall be entitled to one (1) director to represent it on the Commission. Each director is entitled to vote in direct proportion to the percent of annual revenues attributable to the municipality represented by the director to the total annual revenues of the system for the prior year rounded to the nearest whole number, provided, however, that each director shall have at least one vote. For the purposes of this section, the annual revenues for each Member and the total annual system revenues as of December 31 of each year shall be determined by the records of the cable operator filed with the Commission with the annual franchise fee. Prior to the first Commission meeting in March of each year,the Secretary/Treasurer of the Commission shall determine the number of votes for each Member in accordance with this section and certify the results to the Chair. Section 2. A director shall be appointed by resolution of the Council of each Member. A director shall serve until a successor is appointed. Directors shall serve without compensation from the Commission. Section 3. Each Member may appoint an alternate director or directors. The Commission, in its By-Laws, may prescribe the extent of an alternate's powers and duties. Section 4. A vacancy in the office of director will exist for any of the reasons set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 351.02 or upon a revocation of a director's appointment duly filed by a Member with the Commission. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term of director by the Council of the Member whose position on the Commission is vacant. 2