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NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows: I. Membership and Responsibilities. The Forum will have the following membership categories with related responsibilities. All Forum members may appoint their own representatives and one alternate. A. Large regional water suppliers, purveyors, or associations. There will be four members: City of Seattle, City of Everett, City of Tacoma, and the Cascade Water Alliance. Dues for these members are allocated by county as described in Section III.C.(ii). One representative of each of these members votes, can serve as Forum Chair and Vice-Chair, form the Steering Committee, and can serve on or chair topic-focused committees. An alternate, if selected, may vote in the absence of the representative. B. Representatives of large regional suppliers, purveyors, and associations in Section I.A. Each entity listed in Section 1.A above may invite one additional representative to participate on the Forum. These representatives must be customers, members or other groups/associations affiliated with the Forum members listed in Section 1.A. These representatives do not vote or pay dues. They may participate on or chair topic-focused committees. C. Individual water utilities, other associations, and counties. Individual utilities or associations with 10,000 or more connections or counties may become a Forum member with a $1,000 annual fee. The representatives of this group of members may vote and may participate on or chair topic-focused committees. An alternate, if selected, may vote in the absence of the representative. D. Meeting Guests. Other organizations, agencies and individuals that are not within member categories in Section I.A-C may attend Forum meetings. Guests do not pay dues, vote, or serve on committees. Forum member staff may also attend the meetings as guests. 2