(1) Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, and subject to Subsection (3), each director of a limited cooperative association shall be an individual who is a member of the association or an individual who is designated by a member that is not an individual for purposes of qualifying and serving as a director. Initial directors need not be members.

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(2) Unless the organic rules otherwise provide, a director may be an officer or employee of the limited cooperative association.
(3) If the organic rules provide for nonmember directors, the number of nonmember directors may not exceed:

     (3)(a) one, if there are two through four directors;
     (3)(b) two, if there are five through eight directors; or
     (3)(c) 1/3 of the total number of directors if there are at least nine directors.
(4) The organic rules may provide qualifications for directors in addition to those in this section.