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employees), and three Community Anchor representatives. Except for the state government representative, all Board members must represent jurisdictions that obtain services from EAGLE-Net or have signed a letter of intent to purchase services from EAGLE-Net, when such services are made available. No school district may have more than one representative on the Board. Additionally, there shall be appointed two (2) advisory members of the Board, as representatives of private sector entities that are working on the EAGLE-Net project. Advisory members shall have no voting privileges, but shall be entitled to attend and participate in all public meetings, and shall have the same fiduciary obligations to EAGLE-Net as other Board members. Except in the case of a Board member's resignation or inability to serve, the initial Board shall serve until the expenditure of all BTOP grant funds, which shall be for a period of approximately 36 months, until the annual meeting of the Members in 2013, or until their successors have been elected or appointed in accordance with this Agreement. Subsequently, the Board of Directors shall be chosen as follows: A. Beginning with the annual meeting of EAGLE-Net in August, 2013, and every year thereafter, new directors shall be elected by the Members. B. Beginning with the election of new Directors in 2013, the EAGLE-Net Board of Directors shall recommend a slate of Directors to the Members no less than thirty(30) days prior to the annual meeting. Members may also nominate candidates for Director as representatives from the groups described in this Section 5 by submitting names to the EMT in writing, by May 1" in the year of each annual meeting. Beginning with the new Directors elected in 2013, the Board shall be comprised of one state government representative, four (4) representatives from K-12 education, and four Community Anchor representatives. C. Except at the annual meeting in 2013, at each annual meeting thereafter, the Members shall elect the Directors for terms of three (3) years. At the 2013 annual meeting, the Board candidates receiving the three highest vote totals shall receive three year terms, the next three candidates with the highest vote totals shall receive two year terms, and the candidates with the next highest vote totals shall receive one year terms; provided however, that the Directors at all times shall be representatives of the categories described in this Section 5. In the event of a tie vote, the EMT shall determine which directors serve which terms. D. Directors shall serve without compensation from EAGLE-Net. EAGLE-Net's Board shall adopt policies governing the delegation of authority for the day to day management of EAGLE-Net to its Chief Executive Officer and EMT. F. No Director shall be liable to EAGLE-Net for monetary damages, unless such EAGLE-Net Intergovernmental Agreement Revised 1/17/12 Page 4