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Regular Meeting of the

INDEPENDENT CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ("ICOC")
TO THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (CIRM)

Organized Pursuant To The
CALIFORNIA STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CURES ACT

Date: December 6, 2005

Time: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM (Estimated)

Location:

  • City of Hope
    Cooper Auditorium
    1500 E. Duarte Road
    Duarte, CA 91010
 
 

Open Session

MEETING STARTS AT 8:30 AM IN PLATT 3

  1. Call to Order.
  1. Spotlight Presentation on Blood and Lymph Cancers.

MOVE TO COOPER AUDITORIUM at 9:30 AM (Estimated time)

  1. Pledge of Allegiance.
  2. Roll Call.

    3. [Members of the Public will be invited to provide testimony before or during consideration of each agenda item. Speakers are asked to limit their testimony to three (3) minutes.]

CONSENT ITEMS

  1. Approval of minutes from November 2, 2005 ICOC meeting.

REGULAR ITEMS

  1. Chairman’s Report.
  2. President’s Report
  3. Consideration of formation of Strategic Planning Subcommittee.
  4. Consideration of report from IP Task Force Subcommittee including but not limited to consideration of Interim IP Policy for Training Grants.
    1. NRC Report: Reaping the Benefits of Genomic and Proteomic Research: Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Public Health (2006)

  5. Consideration of Interim Grants Administration Policy for Training Grants.

Closed Session

    1. Pending Litigation (Government Code section 11126, subdivision (e)): People’s Advocate v. Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee, Alameda County Superior Court, Case No. HG05206766, consolidated with California Family Bioethics Council v. California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Alameda County Superior Court, Case No. HG05235177; and Mary Scott Doe v. Robert Klein, et al., U.S. District Court, Central District, Case No. ED CV 05-00438.
    2. Discussion of Personnel (Government Code section 11126, subdivision (a); Health & Safety Code section 125290.30(d)(3)(D)).
  2. Public report of any action taken, if necessary, during closed session.
  3. Consideration of report from Governance Subcommittee.
    1. Modifications to Travel Policy
    2. Interview/Relocation Travel Policy
    3. Out-of-State Travel Policy and Procedures
    4. Contracts and Interagency Agreement Report
    5. Contract Summary and Balances
  4. Consideration of ICOC bylaws.
  5. Consideration of CIRM budget
    1. Budget Spreadsheets.
  6. Public comment. The Committee will accept public testimony on any matter under its jurisdiction that is not on the agenda, but the Committee cannot act on any such matter at this meeting.
  7. Adjournment.

 

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.

**NOTICE**

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and its Independent Citizens Oversight Committee, and any subcommittees thereof, comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by ensuring that the meeting facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities, and providing that this notice and information given to the Members of the Committee is available to the public in appropriate alternative formats when requested. If you need further assistance, including disability-related modifications or accommodations, you may contact Melissa King at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine at 415-396-9100 no later than the day prior to the meeting.

Questions or requests for additional information prior to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee meeting may be referred to Melissa King at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine at mking@cirm.ca.gov or 415-396-9100.

This meeting agenda is also available on the website for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine at http://www.cirm.ca.gov.