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Dr. Miller endorsed Mr. Garner's conmients and suggested that the group to discuss 
these matters should be broadened and suggested that Dr. Donald Fredrickson be asked 
to Chair a small group to consider these issues more broadly. Dr. Miller noted that 
often the dynamics of a group do not lend themselves well to changing the status quo 
very drastically. 
Dr. R. Murray suggested setting up a retreat where this would be the only item on the 
agenda and small groups of people could look at sub-issues and combine thinking on all 
aspects of the problem. Smil group of four-five individuals was inconsistent with the 
importance and far-reaching consequences of these decisions. He suggested a special 
meeting of the RAC dedicated to this one topic. 
Dr. Wivel noted that this would require having an additional meeting of the RAC with a 
single agenda item and asked if everyone would agree to committing time to this 
endeavor. There was general agreement from the committee on this issue. 
Dr. McGarrity recommended that all members take the opportunity to read the minutes 
of the last RAC meeting regarding the regional hearings and to review Mr. Mannix's 
summary as well as the summary of the regional hearings that was prepared by Dr. 
Wivel. 
XI. FUTURE MEETINGS OF THE RAC AND THE HUMAN GENE THERAPY 
SUBCOMMITTEE: 
Dr. McGarrity called the committee's attention to the schedule of future meetings and 
noted that the next meeting of the full RAC would be May 31, 1991, and the next 
meeting of the HGTS was scheduled for April 5, 1991. 
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