Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Monday, December 17, 2001

Nine of the 19 members were present (there are 2 vacancies), representing a quorum:

Bryant, Anne - by telephone

Hess, Kevin - by telephone

Buller, Karen - by telephone

Hogerty, Martha - by telephone

Davis, Fr. William - by telephone

Lubin, Joel - by telephone

Eichler, Edwin - by telephone

Parrino, Cheryl

Gumper, Frank - by telephone

Two members joined the meeting in progress:

Ouye, Kathleen- by telephone

Talbott, Dr. Brian- by telephone

Six members were absent:

Jackson, Jimmy

Rosenblum, Lisa

Lineberry, Isiah

Sanders, Dr. Jay

Rivera, Robert

Wheeler, Tom

Officers of the Corporation present:

Barash, D. Scott - Assistant Secretary

Others present for the meeting:

Name

Company

Campbell, Anne

National City Public Library

Coltharp, James

Comcast Corp.

Gregg, Billy Jack

Public Service Commission - WV

Howard, Cathy - by telephone

USAC

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Nomination of Directors to the USAC Board of Directors and Nomination of those Directors to Committees of the Board. Ms. Parrino reported that the USAC Board of Directors Nominating Committee unanimously approved the resolutions that are currently before the Board. She explained that after the voting today, she will send out two email messages to Board members seeking (1) nominations for the Board of Directors officers' positions; and (2) nominations for Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Programmatic Committees.

Board members Ms. Ouye and Mr. Talbott joined the meeting during the discussion.

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 with the nomination made by the FCC Chairman and in accordance with USAC's corporate By-laws, hereby elects Ms. Anne Bryant, Ms. Anne Campbell, Mr. James Coltharp, Ms. Diane Cornell, Mr. Billy Jack Gregg, and Mr. Frank Gumper to the USAC Board of Directors for three year terms beginning on January 1, 2002; and,

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the USAC Board of Directors accepts the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, and with the nomination made by the FCC Chairman and in accordance with USAC's corporate By-laws, and due to the resignation of Board member Ms. Heather Gold, hereby elects Mr. Daniel Gonzalez to the USAC Board of Directors, whose term shall begin immediately and expire on December 31, 2002; and,

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the USAC Board of Directors accepts the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, and with the nomination made by the FCC Chairman and in accordance with USAC's corporate By-laws, and due to the resignation of Board member Mr. Allan Thoms, hereby elects Ms. Camie Swanson-Hull to the USAC Board of Directors, whose term shall begin immediately and expire on December 31, 2003; and,

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the USAC Board of Directors accepts the recommendations of the Nominating Committee and hereby appoints Ms. Diane Cornell as the CMRS representative, Mr. Daniel Gonzalez as the CLEC representative, Mr. Billy Jack Gregg as the consumer advocate representative, Mr. Frank Gumper as the Bell Operating Company representative, and Ms. Camie Swanson-Hull as the state regulator representative to the High Cost & Low Income Committee; Mr. Billy Jack Gregg as the consumer advocate representative and Ms. Camie Swanson-Hull as the state regulator representative to the Rural Health Care Committee; and Ms. Anne Bryant as the school representative, Ms. Anne Campbell as the library representative, and Mr. James Coltharp as the at-large representative to the Schools & Libraries Committee.