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ARTICLE VIII. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 8.1 Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of seven Directors as provided hereinafter: Two Directors shall be community representatives from the City of Shoreview; One Director shall be a community representative from the City of Arden Hills; One Director shall be a community representative from the City of North Oaks; and Three Directors shall be representatives from the active membership of the Lake Johanna Fire Department. Section 8.2 Qualifications of Fire Department Directors. The three active members to be elected from the Fire Department shall have been active members for at least eight years and shall be members in good standing as defined in Section 3.1.1. Full-time employees of the Fire Department are prohibited from being members of the Board of Directors. The Fire Chief shall be assigned to a station. The Fire Chief shall not vote unless the Chief becomes an active member of the Fire Department. Section 8.3 Qualifications of Community Directors. The community Board of Directors members shall be filled by individuals who either reside in or are employed in the community they represent. Active as well as probationary members and full-time employees of the Fire Department are prohibited from serving as Community Directors. These Community Board of Director members shall be chosen for their ability to determine policy and may have experience in business, public service, industry, human services, labor, education or other relevant fields. Section 8.4 Selection Process. The Community Board of Directors shall be selected by each of the respective cities. Shoreview shall select its directors; Arden Hills shall select its director and North Oaks shall select its director per Section 8.1 and 8.3. The Fire Department Board of Directors shall be selected from the Fire Department membership per Section 8.1 and 8.2. Section 8.5 Initial Terms of Directors. The Fire Department Directors seats are three years in length or until their successor is elected. Fire Department Director seat terms are staggered to have one seat expire each calendar year. Community Director seats are three years in length, or until their successors are appointed. Section 8.6 Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors shall hold their annual meeting within two weeks following the annual meeting of the membership for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and to transact other business as may properly come before it. Section 8.7 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be conducted in accordance with the schedule adopted at the first meeting of the year and be held at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. There shall be at least four (4) regular meetings of the Board of Directors per year and more if deemed necessary by the President. El