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Rudy Pozzatti: That's it for the reports, and we're onto
the segment of council that we call council-initiated discussion, and this is where we're basically
turning the floor over to you. As an example, the presentation on the bioinformatics portfolio
was a suggestion or request from the council. So are there other topics you want to hear
about, or are there other burning issues that you want to inform us of?
You look a little stunned. It's been a long day. You're always surprised when we actually
say open mic.
[laughter]
Eric Green: You don't have to use all 15 minutes. Okay,
Bob.
Robert Nussbaum: I just say that I wanted to thank the program
people, particularly for the effort on coding and trying to think through the coding, and
how much effort and time that takes. I mean, it's -- I'm sure it's a lot of hard work,
and it requires a lot of expertise and judgment.
Eric Green: I would second that. I mean -- and at the
same time, it's sort of frustrating because the tools we're using are completely nonexistent,
essentially, so it's very, very tedious.
Rudy Pozzatti: So, announcements, items of interest, there
are a couple of -- there are three reports. Two come from the American College of Medical
Genetics. One is their regular report of their recent activities that they always provide
to the council. The other is a policy statement on informed consent for reporting incidental
findings following genome sequencing or exome sequencing. And we also have an update from
the National Society of Genetic Counselors for you to look at.
And then we move on to the conflict of interest chant, which I am required to read to you
aloud. And this applies -- this is the closing of the open session, so this applies to the
discussion of the application in closed session. This will certify that in the review of applications
conducted by the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research on September 9th
and 10th 2013, I absented myself and did not participate in the discussion of, nor vote
on, any application in which I, or to my knowledge, my spouse, minor child, or close professional
associate, has a financial interest, nor on any application from an organization or institution
where I am employed, a consultant, officer, director, or trustee, am negotiating for employment,
or otherwise have a financial interest. That is one long sentence. In council actions in
which we voted on a block of applications without discussing any individual one, the
on-block action, my vote did not apply to any application from any institution fulfilling
the criteria in the preceding paragraph.
Within your blue folders, there is a document that we ask you to sign, and Comfort will
collect them from you. So, at this point, we're closing the open session, and we'll
take a 10-minute recess to allow them to shut down the cameras. We'll come back. We have
a little bit more business to do in the closed session -- the beginning of the second closed
session.
Eric Green: Thank you, everyone.