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<br />2 <br /> <br /> Section 2.1.7. Data. “Data” means all information in digital form that can be transmitted 178 <br />or processed. 179 <br /> 180 <br />ARTICLE III 181 <br />MEMBERSHIP 182 <br /> 183 <br />Section 3.1. Eligibility. Any Minnesota LGU is eligible to be a Member of Metro-INET. 184 <br /> 185 <br />Section 3.2. Execution of JPA and Payment of Member Charges. An LGU desiring to 186 <br />be a Member shall execute a copy of this JPA and shall pay all Member charges, prorated if 187 <br />appropriate, under Article IX. 188 <br /> 189 <br />Section 3.3. Initial Members. The initial Members of Metro-INET shall be the City of 190 <br />Roseville (“Roseville”) and those LGUs that are parties to a joint powers agreement or an 191 <br />otherwise existing contractual arrangement for IT Services from Roseville, on or prior to 192 <br />December 31, 2020. Upon the execution of this JPA by an initial Member, the clerk or other 193 <br />corresponding officer shall file with the Roseville City Manager a copy of the executed JPA, 194 <br />together with a certified copy of the authorizing resolution or other action. The resolution 195 <br />authorizing the execution of this JPA shall also designate the Member’s Director and Alternate 196 <br />Director (“Alternate”). 197 <br /> 198 <br /> Section 3.4 Transition of Initial Member IT Services Agreements. Any joint powers 199 <br />agreement or contract for IT Services between two or more Metro-INET Members that has not 200 <br />been terminated prior to the Effective Date of this JPA shall be terminated by the affected parties 201 <br />at the earliest possible date, without disrupting the delivery of IT Services to the affected parties. 202 <br />After the Effective Date, any term of an earlier agreement for IT Services still in force shall be 203 <br />interpreted not to conflict with this JPA, which shall supersede the earlier agreement if the earlier 204 <br />agreement and this JPA cannot be reconciled. The Board shall have authority to take any action it 205 <br />deems reasonable and prudent to facilitate the transition to Metro-INET by any initial Member, 206 <br />including the creation of a committee authorized to assist affected parties in the termination of 207 <br />earlier agreements and to seek Board approval of action necessary to facilitate the transition. 208 <br /> 209 <br />Section 3.5. Effective Date. This JPA shall become effective on January 1, 2021 [[or other 210 <br />date agreed upon by the initial Members]] (“Effective Date”). Within thirty (30) days after the 211 <br />Effective Date, the Roseville City Manager shall call the first meeting of the Board, which shall 212 <br />be held not later than fifteen (15) days after the notice has been delivered to each Director and 213 <br />Alternate. 214 <br /> 215 <br />Section 3.6. New Members. LGUs that do not qualify for initial membership under 216 <br />Section 3.3 and seek to join Metro-INET shall be admitted by a vote of the Board as it determines 217 <br />at its organizational meeting, or as soon thereafter as the Board may decide and adopt in the 218 <br />bylaws. 219 <br /> 220 <br />Section 3.7. Conditions of Membership. The Board may impose additional conditions 221 <br />upon the admission of new Members. 222 <br /> 223