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Attachment A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT LWIXT44 MEMBERS OF TME jf,,� This JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT (Agreement), which shall have an effective date of January 1, 2009, is entered. into pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59 between body politic and. corporate under the laws of the State of Minnesota and. other bodies politic and. corporate under the laws of the State of Minnesota for the purposes of forming the Ramsey County Geographic Information System Users Group hereinafter referred. to as the Users Group. ARTICLE I. INTENT OF THIS AGREEMENT: In 1995, an alliance was formed. between public agencies interested. in using Geographic Inform ation Systems (GI S) and. data created. and. maintained. by Ramsey County. This agreement is intended. to enable those parties who are part of the Users Group to be represented. by the Users Group for the purposes of undertaking negotiations and. transactions with Ramsey County and. any other body politic. ARTICLE 11. DEFINITIONS: Section 1. Memb�ers are deemed. to be those local units of government, special purpose government units, local agencies and. the Ramsey Conservation District who have executed. this Joint Powers Agreement and. have paid. fees as provided. in Article X. Section 2. Payling Affilliates are those county, regional, state and. federal agencies, local government organizations with regional jurisdiction, local government cooperative organizations, non-profit organizations and. educational institutions with direct or indirect involvement in GIS activities that have paid. fees as provided. in Article X. Paying Affiliate membership inu.st be approved. by the Board.. Paying Affiliates are nonvoting participants and. are not eligible to serve on the Board.. Section 3. Non -P ayling Affilliates are those representatives of county, regional, state and. federal agencies, local government organizations with regional jurisdiction, local government cooperative organizations, non-profit organizations and. educational institutions with direct or indirect involvement in GIS activities. Private sector entities who are contracted. to perfon'n GIS-related. tasks for a Member can also join as a Non-Paying Affiliate. Regular Affiliate membership inu.st be approved. by the Board.. Noe n-Paying Affiliates are non-voting participants are not eligible to serve on the Board., d.o not pay membership or fees as described. in Article X, and. are not entitled. to data access and. exchange detailed. in this agreement. ARTICLE 111. USER GROUP STRUCTURE: Section 1. The Users Group will be governed. and. managed. by a Board. of Directors (Board.). Section 2. One Director will represent each Member organization. Each Member organization shall appoint a Director to serve on the Board.. An organization may also choose an alternative Director. Section 3. The Board. shall also have the following officers: a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and. Treasurer. Section 4. These officers are elected. annually by the Board.. Section 5. These officers are undertaken on a voluntary basis without pay. Section 6. A quorum will consist of at least a one-half attendance of full membership of the Board.. Section 7. Decisions will be made by majority of the qu.orum vw'E