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<br /> 5. The Governance Board may establish additional procedures and rules
<br /> for the governance of LInX and in furtherance thereof may enter into one or
<br /> more separate formal or informal agreements, provided that any such agreement
<br /> does not conflict with the spirit, intent, or provisions of this MOU, and is
<br /> sufficiently memorialized to meet the business purposes of LInX governance
<br /> (including adequately informing current and future parties) . Such governance •
<br /> agreement (s) may, for instance address: organizational structure and
<br /> control; executive management and administration; delegation of authority;
<br /> operating policies, procedures, rules, and practices; meetings, quorums, and
<br /> voting procedures; audits; and sanctions (including involuntary termination
<br /> of a party's participation in this MOU) .
<br /> N. NO RIGHTS IN NON-PARTIES.
<br /> 1. This MOU is an agreement among the parties and is not intended, and
<br /> should not be construed, to create or confer on any other person or entity
<br /> any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or
<br /> otherwise against the NCIS, the Department of the Navy, the Department of
<br /> Defense, the United States, a party, or any State, county, locality, or other
<br /> sponsor under whose auspices a party is participating in the LInX or the
<br /> officers, directors, employees, detailees, agents, . representatives,
<br /> contractors, subcontractors, consultants, advisors, successors, assigns or
<br /> other agencies thereof.
<br /> O. EFFECTIVE DATE/DURATION/MODIFICATION/TERMINATION.
<br /> 1. As among the original parties, this MOU shall become effective when
<br /> the duly authorized representatives of each party have all signed it. For
<br /> parties who subsequently join, this MOU shall become effective when completed
<br /> and signed by the joining party' s duly authorized representative and
<br /> countersigned by the representatives of all the other parties applicable at
<br /> the time of the joining.
<br /> 2. This MOU shall continue in force indefinitely for so long as it
<br /> continues to advance the participants' missionpurposes, contingent upon
<br /> approval and availability of necessary funding.
<br /> 3. This MOU may be modified upon the mutual written consent of the duly
<br /> authorized representatives of all parties. However, the parties may, without
<br /> the need of formal MOU modification, cooperatively address and resolve
<br /> administrative, technical, and operational details relating to this MOU,
<br /> provided that any such resolution: does not conflict with the spirit, intent,
<br /> or provisions of this MOO; could not reasonably be viewed as particularly
<br /> sensitive, controversial, or objectionable by one or more parties; and is
<br /> sufficiently memorialized to meet the business purposes of LInX governance
<br /> (including adequately informing current and future parties) .
<br /> 4. This MOU may be terminated at any time by the mutual written
<br /> agreement of the duly authorized representatives of all parties. A party's
<br /> duly authorized representative may also terminate the party's participation
<br /> in the MOO upon written notice to all other parties of not less than thirty
<br /> 30 days. A party's participation may also be terminated involuntarily as may
<br /> be provided in applicable governance agreement.
<br /> 5. Upon termination of this MOU, all property being used under its
<br /> purview will be returned to the respective supplying party. Similarly, if an
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