October 27, 2003 Minutes

Board of Directors Action

The Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) took action on Monday, October 27, 2003, on a resolution to withdraw the request to the FCC to hold Board of Directors meetings outside of the Washington, DC area. The Board approved the following resolution by signed ballots as sent by email by Ms. Cheryl Parrino, CEO of USAC. The signed ballots are included as an attachment to these minutes.

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Withdrawal of Request to FCC to Hold Board of Directors Meetings Outside of the Washington, DC Area. The USAC Board of Directors approved the following resolution through means of signed ballots:

RESOLVED, That the USAC Board of Directors directs USAC management to withdraw USAC's December 10, 1999, request to the FCC to hold at least one Board of Directors meeting per year at a location other than Washington, DC.

Fifteen of the nineteen directors submitted signed ballots (there is one vacancy), representing a quorum. The vote count was as follows: YES = 14 (Ms. Bryant, Ms. Buller, Ms. Campbell, Ms. Cornell, Fr. Davis, Mr. Eichler, Mr. Hess, Ms. Hughes, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Jortner, Ms. Parrino, Dr. Sanders, Ms. Sanford, and Dr. Talbott); NO = 0; ABSTAIN = 1 (Mr. Gumper). Mr. Coltharp, Mr. Lubin, and Mr. Rivera did not submit a ballot.

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Robert W. Haga
Assistant Secretary

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