Sec.  68.602   Sponsor of the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments.

   (a) The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Alliance for
   Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) jointly shall establish the
   Administrative Council for Terminal Attachment and shall sponsor the
   Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments for four years from the
   effective date of these rules. The division of duties by which this
   responsibility is executed may be a matter of agreement between these two
   parties; however, both are jointly and severally responsible for observing
   these rule provisions. After four years from the effective date of these
   rules, and thereafter on a quadrennial basis, the Administrative Council for
   Terminal Attachments may vote by simple majority to be sponsored by any
   ANSI-accredited organization.

   (b) The sponsoring organizations shall ensure that the Administrative
   Council for Terminal Attachments is populated in a manner consistent with
   the criteria of American National Standards Institute's Organization Method
   or the Standards Committee Method (and their successor Method or Methods as
   ANSI may from time to time establish) for a balanced and open membership.

   (c) After the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments is populated,
   the sponsors are responsible for fulfilling secretariat positions as
   determined by the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments. The
   Administrative Council shall post on a publicly available web site and make
   available to the public in hard copy form the written agreement into which
   it enters with the sponsor or sponsors.

   [ 66 FR 7588 , Jan. 24, 2001, as amended at  67 FR 57182 , Sept. 9, 2002]