HomeMy WebLinkAboutAttachment 4 Proposed board of Bozeman Fiber 4-22-15
Proposed Board of Bozeman Fiber 3.1 The business and affairs of the Nonprofit shall be managed and conducted by the Board of Directors.
3.2 Initial Board. The initial Board of Directors shall consist of seven (7) individuals, all appointed by the City Manager:
• One (1) seat shall be a representative of the City.
o Brit Fontenot, Economic Development Director, City of Bozeman
• One (1) seat shall be a representative of a financial institution that has loaned or otherwise dedicated financial resources to the Nonprofit. o Jim Ness, Big Sky Western Bank
• Two (2) seats shall be a professional individual with experience in the broadband business. o Anthony Cochenour, President, Hoplite Industries o Bill Procunier, Granite Technology Solutions
• One (1) seat shall be a professional individual with experience in healthcare.
o Cheryl Ridgely, Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
• One (1) seat shall be a representative of the educational community. o Steve Johnson, Deputy Superintendent for Operations, Bozeman Public Schools
• One (1) seat shall be a representative of the community at large. o Jerry Sheehan, Chief Information Officer, Montana State University 3.3 Terms of Office. The terms of the City, financial institution, and broadband business representatives shall be four (4) years. The initial terms of the education, healthcare, and community at large representatives shall be two (2) years, after which subsequent appointments for these positions shall be four (4) years. Directors shall serve until their
replacements representing the same constituency are duly qualified and appointed.
3.4 Additional Directors and Qualifications.
A. Beginning four years after the formation of the Nonprofit, the Board may appoint up to two (2) additional Directors in each two-year cycle. The total number of Board members shall not exceed eleven (11). At least one (1) of the additional two (2) Directors appointed in
each cycle shall be representatives of the City, so that at each subsequent cycle of Director
appointments, at least two (2) Directors shall be City representatives. B. The City representatives shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall be individuals with experience and responsibilities in economic development, information
technology, and/or finance. The other Director positions shall be representatives of the business
community with experience in broadband communications and/or network operations, and representatives of institutional users of broadband services including, without limitation, education and health care institutions.
C. Directors must demonstrate an interest in the purposes and activities of the Nonprofit
and support the purposes of the Nonprofit as described in these Bylaws. Directors must be willing to donate their time, advice, skill, energy and support in furtherance of the purposes of the Nonprofit. Without limitation, the Nonprofit shall seek to include on the Board of Directors members with backgrounds and interest in the area of the expansion of broadband services in the
City and the surrounding area.