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5 In the absence of both, the Second Vice-Chair shall serve as temporary Chair. The Chair and temporary Chair shall have the same privileges. Section 5.4. MEETING FORMAT: a) At the hour appointed for a meeting of the MVCC Cable Committee, upon reaching a quorum, the members shall be called to order by the Chair or in his/her absence, by the acting Chair. The members shall do business following a set agenda. b) The Chair shall preserve order. The Chair or acting Chair shall be entitled to vote like other members. c) Every member, prior to his/her speaking, shall address the Chair and shall not proceed until he/she has been recognized by the Chair. d) If a member has a personal interest in a matter that comes before the MVCC Cable Committee, the member shall not vote on said issue. e) The Chair has the authority to set a time limit that a member or a person addressing the committee Cable Committee may speak. f) All committees shall be appointed by the Chair unless expressly ordered by the MVCC Cable Committee. It shall be the duty of committees to act promptly and faithfully in all matters referred to them and to make reports at a future set time/date established by the MVCC Cable Committee. g) Minutes of all meetings of the MVCC shall be recorded by the Cable Television Coordinator Secretary, reviewed by the MVCC, adopted and kept at the city offices. They shall be approved by the Cable Committee committee and shall constitute an official record of the Cable Committee scommittee’s proceedings. Section 65. ATTENDANCE: Committee members shall advise the Chair or the Cable Television Coordinator of an anticipated absence from any regularly scheduled MVCC Cable Committee meeting. Any member absent from three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings or more than four regularly scheduled meetings per year without the consent of the MVCC Cable Committee shall be deemed to have vacated the office and such vacancy shall be filled by the procedure noted in Article III, Sections 2 and 4. Section 76 CONFLICT OF INTEREST: When a question is put by the Chair, every member present shall vote, unless for special reasons the member elects to abstain. If a member has a personal interest in the matter, he or she shall state that such an interest exists and shall neither deliberate nor vote on the matter. “Personal interest” means, but is not confined to, a material financial interest of the committee member, a family member or a close associate. The committee member may also be disqualified to vote on a matter by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the committee members in attendance.. Section 87. APPEAL OF A CHAIR RULING: A member may appeal to the MVCC Cable Committee for a ruling of the Chair. If the appeal is seconded, the member may speak once solely on the question involved and the Chair may explain his or her