meeting five

DR. WAGNER:  Where is Steve and Barbara? In order that we maximize the time that we have available, I think we ought to get going. This is the public comments session. You know, a couple of process issues, first of all, to remind folks that the Commission staff published an inventation prior to this meeting in the Federal Register inviting comment. I understand there was something on the order of 300 people who wish to offer comment.

 DR. GUTMANN:  We are going to make a seamless segue into a panel discussion so I'd ask everybody who has presented to come on up and I think we'll add perhaps a few seats to the table.
  First of all, thank you all for joining us, and it’s a great privilege for us to have you here to share your wisdom with us on a set of very thorny and important issues. So, we’ve made a practice of this, and you’ve got to trust us, it works, even though it’s going to impose a discipline on you.

DR. WAGNER: For session 4, our Chair.

DR. WAGNER: Well, good afternoon. Welcome everyone to the session 3 of our meeting, Implementing Federal Standards and International Standards.  We have for our first panel Dr. Murray Lumpkin, Mack Lumpkin, and also Dr. Jerry Menikoff.  Let me introduce Dr.