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And we have a few very important guests here
today as well.
There has been a change in the agenda, just a
rearrangement of items. I think everyone has got a copy of
the current agenda in front of them. If you would just
take the issue "Future Commission Research Activities" and
put that as the first item after lunch that had been, if I
remember correctly, the last item of the day. I have put
that first after lunch because unfortunately late in the
afternoon I will have to leave perhaps before we are able
to adjourn and I wanted to make sure as many of us as
possible were here for that discussion.
If I do have to leave while some of the
discussion is going on I apologize to my fellow commission
members and to any guests who may be participating in the
discussion.
So, we have quite a few items and I think we
just ought to get going and let me turn first, then, to Tom
and the report of the Genetics Subcommittee.
Tom?
If I could just make one more comment. Someone
said yesterday the sound system here is the rock star
variety, that is you have to talk very close to the
microphone in order for it to really work and please jump