9. The Government shall appoint five members to the board of directors upon the recommendation of the Conseil de la coopération du Québec, and one other member, to be chosen from a list of five members of one or more cooperative undertakings not affiliated with a federation.
The list shall be forwarded by the Conseil de la coopération du Québec as soon as possible after 12 October 1977 and, thereafter, before the first of February preceding the expiry of the term of office of the member to be replaced.