May 5, 2000 Minutes

Board of Directors Meeting

A joint meeting of the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) and its Rural Health Care and Schools & Libraries Committees was held on Friday, May 5, 2000, at USAC, 2120 L Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20037. Mr. Frank Gumper, Chair of the Board, called the meeting to order at 12:38 p.m. Eastern Time. Ms. Cathy Howard, Executive Assistant to the USAC CEO, called the roll on behalf of Mr. Edwin Eichler, USAC Secretary. (There is one vacancy on the Board.)

Twelve of the eighteen members of the Board of Directors were present:
Eichler, Ed	Marockie, Dr. Hank
Gold, Heather	Ouye, Kathleen G.
Gumper, Frank	Parrino, Cheryl
Hess, Kevin	Rosenblum, Lisa
Hogerty, Martha	Talbott, Dr. Brian
Lineberry, Isiah	Wheeler, Tom
One member joined the meeting in progress:
Bryant, Anne
Five members were absent:
Abramson, David	Sanders, Dr. Jay
Butler, Tony	Thoms, Allan
Jackson, Jimmy
Officers of the Corporation present:
Barash, Scott - Assistant Secretary	Haga, Robert - Assistant Treasurer
Others present for the meeting:
Name	Company
Blackwell, Mel	USAC
Howard, Cathy	USAC
Moore, Kate	USAC
Walsh, Dan	USAC

The Board of Directors and the Committees immediately voted to go into Executive Session for purposes of discussing the contract award for Program Support Services for the Schools and Libraries and Rural Health Care Universal Service Support Mechanisms.

Executive Session

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Contract Award for Program Support Services for the Schools and Libraries and Rural Health Care Universal Service Support Mechanisms. Mr. Gumper noted that members of the Board met with USAC staff on May 1 to review and discuss in detail the vendor proposals. Based on the vendor proposals, staff is recommending that the Board of Directors award the contract to the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA).

On a motion duly made and seconded, after an affirmative vote by the Rural Health Care Committee and the Schools & Libraries Committee, respectively, to approve the recommendation proposed by the staff, Mr. Gumper called for a voice vote of the thirteen members present of the Board of Directors to approve the following resolution. All thirteen votes were affirmative.

RESOLVED, That the USAC Board of Directors accepts the recommendations made by the Rural Health Care Committee and the Schools and Libraries Committee and hereby approves the proposed contract with the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., to provide programmatic support services for the Schools and Libraries and Rural Health Care Universal Service Support Mechanisms.

The Rural Health Care Committee and the Schools & Libraries Committee voted to adjourn after each Committee's vote on the resolution, respectively.

There being no further business to attend to, Mr. Gumper adjourned the meeting at 12:52 p.m. Eastern Time.

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D. Scott Barash
Assistant Secretary

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