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1 even the mandatory presence of a public representative as 
2 required in the new guidelines may have only a limited 
3 effect. 
4 Unfortunately, little is now known about the 
5 selection process for public and worker representatives, 
6 and it is not specified in the new guidelines. Thus, 
7 the degree to which these members represent a constituency 
3 or merely reflect administrative decisions already made 
g at the institutional level remains uncertain. 
10 To provide information on these and other 
11 issues concerning the IBC structure and function, the 
12 Project at Stanford, of which I am a member, plans to 
13 undertake a two-stage research process. First, a survey 
14 will be conducted of all 150 IBC's to obtain information 
15 on the selection process for IBC members, the process and 
16 content of committee deliberations, the level of public 
17 participation in committee activities, and the degree to 
18 which IBC's are concerned with safety training and health 
19 monitoring. And you have a nock up of the questionnaire 
2Q enclosed in your materials. 
21 The second phase of this research will obtain 
22 more detailed and qualitative information on committee 
23 functions and individual members' attitudes toward 
24 committee organization and actions. This phase will 
25 utilize selective interviewing and case studies of 
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