Board of Directors Quarterly Minutes
December 20, 2000

Ten of eighteen members (there is one vacancy) were present, representing a quorum:

Anne, Bryant - by telephone

Ouye, Kathleen - by telephone

Gumper, Frank

Parrino, Cheryl

Hess, Kevin - by telephone

Sanders, Dr. Jay - by telephone

Hogerty, Martha - by telephone

Thoms, Allan - by telephone

Jackson, Jimmy - by telephone

Wheeler, Tom - by telephone

Eight members were absent:

Abramson, David

Marockie, Dr. Hank

Butler, Tony

Lineberry, Isiah

Eichler, Edwin

Rosenblum, Lisa

Gold, Heather

Talbott, Brian

Officers of the Corporation present:

Barash, Scott - Assistant Secretary

Haga, Robert - Assistant Treasurer

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Election of Directors to the USAC Board of Directors for Three Year Terms Beginning on January 1, 2001, and Election of Directors to Committees of the Board. At the request of the Chair of the Board, the Chair of the Nominating Committee, Mr. Wheeler, reported that the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission had approved the proposed candidates for positions on the USAC Board of Directors in a letter to Mr. Gumper dated December 8, 2000. The Nominating Committee recommends that the Board elect the candidates set forth in the proposed resolution. Mr. Wheeler also reported that the Nominating Committee recommends that the Board approve the Committee assignments for Board members as set forth in the proposed resolution.

On a motion duly made and seconded, the Board adopted the following resolutions:

RESOLVED, That the USAC Board of Directors accepts the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, and in accordance with USAC's corporate By-laws, hereby elects Father William Davis, Mr. Kevin Hess, Mr. Joel Lubin, Mr. Robert Rivera, Dr. Jay Sanders, and Chairman Allan Thoms to the USAC Board of Directors to three year terms beginning on January 1, 2001; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the USAC Board of Directors accepts the recommendations of the Nominating Committee and hereby appoints Father William Davis to the Schools & Libraries Committee as the school representative; Mr. Kevin Hess to the Rural Health Care Committee as the service provider representative and to the Schools & Libraries Committee as the service provider representative; Mr. Joel Lubin to the High Cost & Low Income Committee as the interexchange carrier representative; Mr. Robert Rivera to the Schools & Libraries Committee as the at-large representative; Dr. Jay Sanders to the Rural Health Care Committee as the rural heath care representative; and Chairman Allan Thoms to the High Cost & Low Income Committee as the state regulator representative and to the Rural Health Care Committee as the state regulator representative.