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35 members. Nine members will comprise the Board of Directors, two of whom will be drawn from the craft member community and~the balance drawn from the farm member community. Section 2. Election of Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will be elected by and from among Corporation members at the spring Annual Membership Meeting. A. Board members must be elected by the majority of Market Members represented at the meeting. B. Board members will serve two-year terms, with half of the members leaving or standing for re-election to the Board each year. C. No Board member will hold simultaneously more than one of the following positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer. Section 3. Election of Officers. Immediately after each election of the Board of ,Directors by the Market Members, the Board of Directors will hold a regular meeting and organize by the elecfiori of a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, each of whom will hold office until the election and qualification of their successor. President and Vice President will be elected by and from the Directors continuing in office. The President must be chosen from among the Board members from the farm member community. Each officer serves aone=year term and may be re-elected more than once. Section 4. Vacancies. Whenever a vacancy occurs on the Board Directors, other than from the expiration of a term of office, the remaining Directors may select a replacement to serve until the next regular or special membership meeting. . Section 5. Board Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors will be held at such time and place as the Board determines. Section 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors will be held whenever called by the President or by two Board members. Each call for a special meeting will state time, place, and business of the. meeting. Section 7. Notice of Board Meetings. Notice of regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors must be given to each Director by standard post, a-mail, telephone, or in person. Such notice will ~be given at least seven days before a regular and one day before a special meeting. Any person who is part of a Market Member farm/business may attend Board meetings. Section 8. Quorum. A majority of the Board of Directors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at any Board meeting. Section 9. Compensation. Directors and officers will not receive salaries for their services. By resolution of the Board of Directors, travel expenses may be reimbursed for attendance at regular or special meetings of the Board. Nothing, in the by-laws precludes any Director or officer from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such services, with the exception of the Market Manager who may not be affiliated with a Market Member. Section 10. Removal. Ariy Director may be removed for cause by atwo-thirds vote of the Corporation membership at a special or regular membership meeting. Any Market Member may initiate a vote to remove, but the vote may be taken only after the membership has received .written notice of at least 30 days but not more than 60 days to indicate the Market Member's