§  69.602   Board of directors.

   (a) For purposes of this section, the association membership shall be
   divided into three subsets:

   (1) The first subset shall consist of the telephone companies owned and
   operated by the seven Regional Bell Holding Companies;

   (2) The second subset shall consist of all other telephone companies
   with annual operating revenues in excess of forty million dollars;

   (3) The third subset shall consist of all other telephone companies.
   All commonly controlled companies shall be deemed to be one company for
   purposes of this section.

   (b) There shall be fifteen directors of the association.

   (c) Two directors shall represent the first subset, two directors shall
   represent the second subset, six directors shall represent the third
   subset, and five directors shall represent all three subsets.

   (d) No director who represents all three subsets shall be a current or
   former officer or employee of the association or of any association
   member, or have a business relationship or other interest that could
   interfere with his or her exercise of independent judgment.

   (e) Each subset of the association membership shall select the
   directors who will represent it through elections in which each member
   of the subset shall be entitled to one vote for each director position
   within that subset.

   (f) The association membership shall select the directors who will
   represent all three subsets through an election in which each member of
   the association shall be entitled to one vote for each director
   position. No director representing all three subsets may serve for more
   than six consecutive calendar years without standing for an election in
   which that director is opposed by at least one other candidate meeting
   the qualifications in paragraph (d) of this section.

   (g) At least one director representing all three subsets shall be a
   member of each committee of association directors.

   (h) For each access element or group of access elements for which
   voluntary pooling is permitted, there shall be a committee that is
   responsible for the preparation of charges for the associated access
   elements that comply with all applicable sections in this part.

   [ 60 FR 19530 , Apr. 19, 1995, as amended at  68 FR 46502 , Aug. 6, 2003]