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                                                                   Public Health Service
              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES


                                                                   National Institutes of Health
                                                                   National Library of Medicine
             DATE:     September 30, 1991                          Bethesda MD 20894
             FROM:     Chief, HMDY
             SUBJECT:  Meeting with Dr. Rikli, October 1

             TO:       Director, NIM


             The primary goal of our meeting with Dr. Rikli on October 1 is to
             finalize the program for the RMP meeting, so that we can inform
             participants of their responsibilities and move towards the
             printing of the final program.  We need to decide on the format
             and the speakers/panelists/moderators for each of the following
             four sessions.

             1.   How and Why Were RMPs Established?
             2.   How Did RMPs Function and What Did They Accomplish?

             3.   Why Were RMPs Terminated?
             4.   What Can We Learn From the RMP Experience?


             The people that we listed in the conference announcement as
             "scheduled participants"   were:

             Michael DeBakey            Paul Rogers
             Merlin DuVal               C. H. William Ruhe
             Roger Egeberg              Paul Sanazaro
             Robert Marston             William Stewart
             Stanley Olson              Vernon Wilson
             Arthur Rikli               Karl Yordy
             I would assume that you  would want to choose the participants
             largely from this group.  I  remind  you,  however,  that  Rogers  has
             indicated that he cannot attend.  I  think  the  others  all  plan  on
             attending, except that we have not heard from Stewart yet
             (apparently an earlier letter, which  was  sent  to  an  old  address,
             did not reach him, but Pat has gotten his new address).  There
             may be others not on the above list whom you will also want to
             consider in the role of participants (e.g., Nate Stark, Bill
             McBeath, Herb Pahl).
             There may be other issues related  to  the  conference  that  we  wish
             to consult with Dr. Rikli about.  And we should discuss what
             happens after the conference.  I have spoken with Steve
             Strickland in more detail and  can  report  on  my  conversation  with
             him.  He is definitely interested in the project.