(a) The commissioner shall notify in writing each farm organization whose membership is known to include producers as defined in this Part and shall provide such other reasonable notification as he deems appropriate with respect to the date or dates on which he will accept nominations for the advisory board and the final date for submitting any such nomination. The notification by the commissioner shall include a statement setting forth the procedure for submitting a nomination.

(b) Any individual producer marketing milk in the State of New York may submit to the commissioner in writing within the time limitation fixed by him one or more nominations of individual producers for membership on the advisory board.

(c) Any organization listed in section 40.15 of this Part (or any successor thereto) may submit to the commissioner a resolution of its board of directors or other governing body endorsing the nomination of not less than two of its members received pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and thereby designate to the commissioner any such producer thus endorsed as a recommended representative of its organization on the advisory board.