§  68.602   Sponsor of the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments.

   (a) The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Alliance
   for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) jointly shall
   establish the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachment and shall
   sponsor the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments for four
   years from the effective date of these rules. The division of duties by
   which this responsibility is executed may be a matter of agreement
   between these two parties; however, both are jointly and severally
   responsible for observing these rule provisions. After four years from
   the effective date of these rules, and thereafter on a quadrennial
   basis, the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments may vote by
   simple majority to be sponsored by any ANSI-accredited organization.

   (b) The sponsoring organizations shall ensure that the Administrative
   Council for Terminal Attachments is populated in a manner consistent
   with the criteria of American National Standards Institute's
   Organization Method or the Standards Committee Method (and their
   successor Method or Methods as ANSI may from time to time establish)
   for a balanced and open membership.

   (c) After the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments is
   populated, the sponsors are responsible for fulfilling secretariat
   positions as determined by the Administrative Council for Terminal
   Attachments. The Administrative Council shall post on a publicly
   available web site and make available to the public in hard copy form
   the written agreement into which it enters with the sponsor or
   sponsors.

   [ 66 FR 7588 , Jan. 24, 2001, as amended at  67 FR 57182 , Sept. 9, 2002]