INDEPENDENT CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (“ICOC”) TO THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (CIRM)
Organized Pursuant To The CALIFORNIA STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CURES ACT
OPEN SESSION
Call to Order.
Pledge of Allegiance.
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.]
7. Consideration of Action Items from the Facilities Working Group, including but not limited to: a. Draft Interim Procedures and Criteria for Conducting Review of Shared Space Laboratories Applications. b. Draft Bylaws for the Facilities Working Group. c. Interim policy regarding matching fund credits for major facilities grant applications.
10. Consideration of action items regarding Intellectual Property Regulations for Non-Profit Organizations, including but not limited to: a. Emergency adoption of interim policy pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act. b. Permanent adoption of Proposed Regulations 100300 – 100305; 100307-100310. 11. Consideration of report from Intellectual Property Task Force including but not limited to: a. Draft CIRM Policy for For-Profit Organizations. b. Update on possible open-access question for scholarly articles published by CIRM-funded grantees.
CLOSED SESSION
12. 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, Sacramento Court Superior Court, Case No. 06AS02700. b. Discussion of Personnel (Government Code section 11126, subdivision (a); Health & Safety Code section 125290.30(d)(3)(D)).
OPEN SESSION
Public report of any action taken, if necessary, during closed session.
15. Consideration of amendment to Internal Governance Policy permitting president to augment staff salaries within specified salary ranges approved by ICOC.
16. Consideration of amendment to paragraph 5 of Conflict of Interest Policy for Members of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee to make clear that a member may not participate in a consent item decision in which the member has a conflict of interest.
17. Consideration of response from Office of Administrative Law Regarding CIRM Medical and Ethical Standards Regulations.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
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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