A second effort to recruit consumers will be conducted in early January 2000. Current committee members will be asked to help to identify interested consumers. Strategic planning public forums must be relevant to communities, accessible and integrated with existing community processes. This strategic planning process, however, will emphasize that committees will welcome input from non-members at committee meetings. The process will be equally open to input from non-members as well as committee members.
All meetings are open to the public and public input is encouraged.
Consumers added to the committees should have broad views of health issues and not represent a narrow categorical program perspective. The goal will be to add two consumers to the Steering Committee and each of the subcommittees. It is not too late to add consumer members to the committees. New members could receive an orientation to what has been done so far and quickly catch up with the rest of the committee members. She presented the expanded written report based on the previous outline of findings and recommendations developed by the Finance Subcommittee.