1. (a) The commission shall appoint an eleven-member advisory board to advise the commission on matters relating to the consortium. At least two members must be representatives of the general public, at least two members must be affiliated with a four-year public university in the consortium, at least two members must be affiliated with a public community college in the consortium, at least two members must be affiliated with a private institution of higher education in the consortium and at least two members must be affiliated with a public library in the consortium. The eleventh member is at large without any affiliation specified. Members of the advisory board must be qualified by training and experience to advise the commission on policy.
2. (b) Members of the advisory board shall be chosen to present as much variety as possible in geographic distribution and size and type of institution.
3. (c) The advisory board shall meet at least twice a year regarding consortium programs and plans at the call of the advisory board's chairman or of the director and librarian.
4. (d) Members of the advisory board serve three-year terms beginning September 1.
5. (e) A member of the advisory board serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties, subject to any applicable limitation on reimbursement provided by the General Appropriations Act.
6. (f) The advisory board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman at the first meeting of each fiscal year.
7. (g) The advisory board may recommend to the commission that the consortium enter into cooperative projects with entities other than public libraries, libraries of clinical medicine, or institutions of higher education.

Source Note:The provisions of this §8.4 adopted to be effective June 24, 1998, 23 TexReg 6436; amended to be effective December 9, 2001, 26 TexReg 9845.