| Section 2.01. Suspension: Reinstatement. |
| A member who has failed to pay amounts due and owing or otherwise breaches obligations owed to the Cooperative shall be sent written notice of said charges or obligations and if the member fails to pay the same that membership shall automatically be suspended. A suspended member shall not be entitled to receive service from the Cooperative or to cast a vote at any meeting of the members. A suspended member may be reinstated to membership status upon payment of all sums due and owing and shall be entitled to thereafter vote at the meeting of members. A member whose membership has been suspended for more than ninety (90) days without reinstatement shall have their membership terminated without further notice. A former member, whose membership has been terminated, may request reconsideration in writing to the Cooperative at least 10 days prior to the next meeting of the members. The terminated member shall be allowed to be present at the meeting and may speak in favor of reinstatement. The members by majority vote may approve of such expulsion or rescind the expulsion, in which case the terminated membership shall be reinstated retroactively to the date of expulsion. A member whose membership has been terminated must thereafter reapply for new membership. The Board of Directors may establish terms and conditions for renewed membership as it deems necessary. |
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| Section 2.02. Termination by Withdrawal or Resignation. |
| A member who abandons the use of Cooperative telephone or other services on their premises for ninety (90) consecutive days, shall be deemed to have constructively resigned their membership which shall be terminated.A member may withdraw or resign from membership upon such conditions as the Company management approves in its discretion. |
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| Section 2.03. Termination by Death or Cessation of Existence: Continuation of Membership in Remaining or New Partners. |
| Except as provided in Section 2.05, the death of an individual human member shall automatically terminate his membership. The cessation of the legal existence of any other type of member shall automatically terminate such membership. Upon the dissolution of a partnership, or upon the death, withdrawal or addition of any individual partner, such membership shall continue to be held by such remaining and/or new partner or partners as continue to own or directly to occupy or use the premises being furnished telephone service pursuant to such membership. Neither a withdrawing partner nor his estate shall be released from any debts then due the Cooperative. |
