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Section 6: Membership Application and Certification

Nominations for Membership shall be made by a Member in writing addressed to the organization's Chair and Vice Chair. In addition to being nominated, an organization or individual must also apply in writing. In the case of an Organizational Member, the application must also be signed by a duly authorized representative of the applicant. New Members must be approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Steering Committee.

Section 7: Termination or Withdrawal of Membership

Termination

A Member may be suspended or terminated by the unanimous consent of the Steering Committee on the good faith determination that the Member in a material or serious degree violated the organization’s charter, or rules of conduct, or has engaged in conduct material and seriously prejudicial to the purposes and interests of the organization.  Termination means that the Member loses its rights and benefits of membership (including rights to participate in any of the activities of the organization such as participation in workgroups) until such time as the Member’s membership is reinstated based on the requirements stated by the Steering Committee.

Withdrawal from Membership

A Member may withdraw from the organization at any time by providing written notice to the organization's Chair and Vice Chair.

ARTICLE FOUR: STEERING COMMITTEE

Section 2: Composition of Steering Committee

The Steering Committee shall consist of an odd number of no fewer than thirteen (13) and no more than twenty-one (21) representatives, who shall be drawn in proportional numbers from the Members of each Stakeholder Category as enumerated in Article Four Section 4.

 The Steering Committee shall have the right to increase or decrease the number of Steering Committee seats within the above limits by a 2/3 vote of the Steering Committee, provided that any reductions shall take effect coterminous with the expiration of term(s) of existing Steering Committee representatives in sufficient numbers to affect such a decrease.

Section 3: Manner of Nomination, Voting, and Terms

Commencing 90 days in advance of an existing Steering Committee representative’s term expiring and concluding 30 days in advance of an existing Steering Committee representative’s term expiring, nominations from interested Members within the Stakeholder Category of the Steering Committee member whose terms is expiring shall be accepted after such nomination is made by a Member in writing addressed to the organization's Chair and Vice Chair.

Within 30 days of an existing Steering Committee representative’s term expiring, Members whose Stakeholder Category is the same as the Stakeholder Category of the Steering Committee member whose term is expiring shall vote on the nominations that have been received.  The nominee with the most votes in favor shall be confirmed to the expiring seat on the Steering Committee.  In the case where the terms of multiple Steering Committee representatives’ within a Stakeholder Category are expiring conterminously, the nominees receiving the most votes in favor sufficient to fill the number of expiring terms shall be confirmed to a seat on the Steering Committee.

Each representative on the Steering Committee shall hold a seat for a term of three (3) years and may serve up to two consecutive terms.