Difficulties may arise if authors learn the names of reviewers. Chairs are advised to keep such information confidential. The committee chair will provide each reviewer with drafts of the paper and abstract and copies of Parts A and B of the review form. The chair or staff may arrange for a joint review by a second committee if the paper topic makes this advisable. Each reviewer should comment on the paper and suggest revisions, additions, or deletions that would improve the paper.
Suggested deletions are particularly appropriate.
Recommendations against presentation or publication must be explained. If a reviewer recommends the revision of a paper before it is accepted for presentation, that recommendation should be made to the committee chair as soon as possible. The committee chair should contact the author about the recommended revisions before forwarding his recommendations to the staff representative. The reviewers should return two copies of Part A and three copies of Part B of the completed review forms to the committee chair. The manuscript and abstract should be returned only if they contain review comments.