N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 1, § 40.15 – Appointments.

(a) For each of the organizations or joint organizations listed in this subdivision (or any successor thereto), one of the nominees endorsed by such organization or joint organization pursuant to section 40.14(c) of this Part shall be appointed to the advisory board. In the event less than two nominees are endorsed by an organization, the commissioner at his discretion shall appoint to the advisory board an individual producer who has been nominated pursuant to section 40.14(b) of this Part with or without endorsement by such organization.
1. (1) Dairylea Cooperative, Inc.
2. (2) Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc.
3. (3) Northeast Dairy Cooperative Federation, Inc.
4. (4) Allied Federated Cooperatives, Inc.
5. (5) Niagara Frontier Cooperative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency, Inc.
6. (6) Rochester Cooperative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency, Inc.
7. (7) New York Farm Bureau, Inc.
8. (8) New York State Grange, Inc.
9. (9) Agri-Mark, Inc.
(b) One other individual producer shall be appointed to the advisory board from among nominations which have been submitted in accordance with section 40.14(b) of this Part. In the event the commissioner does not receive a nomination other than those endorsed by organizations pursuant to section 40.14(c) of this Part, he shall appoint from among such nominees at his discretion an individual producer who has not otherwise been appointed to the advisory board pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
(c) Each individual producer appointed as a member of the advisory board shall file a written acceptance with the commissioner within 15 days after being notified of his appointment by the commissioner.
(d) After the members of the advisory board have been appointed and each member has indicated his acceptance, the commissioner shall make known to the producers generally the names of the members of the advisory board.

The commissioner shall appoint the members of the advisory board and determine their acceptance in accordance with the following procedure: