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: April 10, 2007

Time: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Estimated)

Location:

OPEN SESSION

1. Call to Order.
2. Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Roll Call.

   [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

Approval of minutes from December 7, 2006, February 15-16, 2007 and March 15-16, 2007 ICOC meetings.

EXECUTIVE PRESENTATIONS

5. Chairman’s Report.
6. President’s Report.

ACTION ITEMS

Consideration of ICOC position on SB 771.

7. Consideration of CIRM Merit and Professional Development Program.
8. Presentation of survey description and Concept Plan for Large Facilities.
9. Consideration of revisions to Interim Procedures and Criteria for Conducting Review of Shared Space Laboratories Applications (now titled “Shared Research Laboratory and Techniques Course” Applications).
10. Consideration of Governance Subcommittee Standing Orders.
11. Review and consideration of the 2005-06 Annual Financial Audit.
12. Consideration of Policy and Regulations for Travel for ICOC members.
13. Consideration of report from Presidential Search Subcommittee.

CLOSED SESSION

  9.
        a. Pending Litigation (Government Code section 11126, subdivision (e)): (1) People’s Advocate v. Independent
            Citizens’ Oversight Committee, First District Court of Appeal, Case No. A114282 and California Family 
            Bioethics Council v. California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, First District Court of Appeal, Case No.
            A114195; (2) Mary Scott Doe v. Robert Klein, et al., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No.
            06-55387; and (3) National Tax Limitation Foundation v. Westly, Alameda County Superior Court, Case No.
            RG07-311300.

         b. Discussion of Personnel (Government Code section 11126, subdivision (a); Health & Safety Code section
             125290.30(d)(3)(D))

OPEN SESSION

10. Public report of any action taken, if necessary, during closed session.
11. Presentation and review of conflicts of interest laws.
12. 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.

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**

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