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JOINT AND COOPERATIVE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT for a GREATER METRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSORTIUM common concerns, to investigate mutual solutions to challenges pertaining to cable franchising, telecommunications regulation and administration, and new means of achieving common objectives with regard to cable franchising, and to coordinate and interconnect metro area cable communications and telecommunications systems, within the framework of an informal confederation of political subdivisions of the State of Colorado in a common ge:ographical area. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GREATER METRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSORTIUM. The parties hereby create an agency to known as the "Greater Metro Telecommunications Consortium", or the "Consortium". The Consortium shall be separate from its Members and the parties, but govern€~d by the parties according to the terms hereof. The central communications address and headquarters of Aurora, Colorado, 80014, initially, although the Members of the Consortium may vote following execution to rotate said address among parties, establish an independent headquarters, or adopt such other practices or procedures in this regard as they deem fit. 3. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Agreement the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings. "Director" shall mean the individual appointed by a Member to be its representative in the Consortium. "Franchise" (and its gemnd, "franchising") shall mean the same in this Agreement as in the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 D.S.C. Section 522(8). "Member" shall mean a political subdivision of the State of Colorado which has entered into and formally executed this Agreement with proper legislative approval, and is, at the time in question, current with all costs of participation. Members shall be divided into two categories, Voting Members and Associate Members, as defined in the Bylaws. "Subscriber" shall mean any person, association, governmental unit, company or partnership receiving cable television, communication or data services from a cable system in a Member's jurisdiction, and, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, may be used hereinafter synonymously with "customer" or "consumer". 4. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Each Member shall appoint one Director to serve on a Board of Directors of the Consortium (the "Board") for a 3-year term, and, at its option, up to two alternates, to attend meetings in place of the Director in case the Director is unavailable. The election and qualifications of each Director shall be within the discretion of each Member; however notice of the initial selection, and any changes or substitutions shall be sent promptly to the Consortium at the communications address. Directors shall serve without compensation from the consortium. The Consortium shall act through the Board, although the Board may vote to delegate specific authority to the officers of the Consortium, or to any executive committee or any special committees the Board may constitute. Greater Metro Telecommunications Consortium Intergovernmental Agreement Page 2