1 DR. MACIOLEK: I have a question. If we do get to the point that 



2 Bob suggested by 5:00 or 6:00 o'clock tonight, how many of the people in 



3 this room will be here tomorrow? I mean, will everyone pick up and 



4 leave? 



5 DR. AURAND: Just MMS here to edit your comments. 



6 DR. MACIOLEK: I am concerned about that, because it sounds as 



7 if-- 



8 DR. AURAND: I don't know. 



9 DR. MACIOLEK: --we could reach a major stopping point. 



10 DR. AURAND: I think that is a reasonable question to ask. One 



11 thing, of course, is if you don't check out before 11:00, you might as 



12 well stay until tomorrow morning, because you are going to pay for the 



13 room. 



14 How many people would be available tomorrow morning if we did it 



15 this way? 



16 (Show of hands.) 



17 DR. AURAND: Eight. That's a fair number, I think, not all of 



18 them from MMS. 



19 The only thing I would offer for a suggestion is. Bob, were you 



20 originally planning to have the two panels in separate rooms? 



21 DR. MILLER: Originally, yes. 



22 DR. AURAND: I would suggest that perhaps the first hour of that 



23 discussion might be in separate rooms; otherwise, I see a situation 



24 where we have got too much going on in one room. 



25 DR. MILLER: What they were going to do was to divide this room 



26 into two, as I understand it, and we would have to re-set these tables. 



27 DR. COOPER: Can't we do it all at one time? There is a lot of 



28 overlapping subject matter. 



29 DR. BUTMAN: I was going to suggest in some ways, it makes sense 



30 to do a little bit of a synthesis and summary of what we heard yesterday 



31 before we discuss the hypotheses. It seems like we are sort of-- 



32 DR. AURAND: We were going to use the initial discussion of the 



33 hypothesis to guide the discussions of the two panels, but I don't think 



34 it is essential that you do it that way. 



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