Tentative Agenda: Public Meeting
Agenda
All meetings take place at:
Wilbur Cohen Building
300 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20201
Room 5051, the Snow Room.
The meeting is open to the public.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Citizens’ Health Care Working Group: Public Meeting
8:30-9:00: Administrative Matters
9:00-10:30 Questions for America, Round 1
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45 -12:00 Questions for America, Round 1 (continued)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Budget and Related Issues
Priorities, cushion
Working Group Meetings
Community Meetings
How many community meetings will Members Attend?
Criteria for selection of Members for each meeting
How many Member meetings will Members attend?
Role of Members at community meetings
Role of staff
Webcasts
Structure of webcast meetings held by the Working Group versus those hosted by outside organizations
Scope, style, discussion guide, and questions for each
Methods of reporting and analyzing results
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:30 Analysis of Citizen Input
Sources of Input and level of reliance and publication of each
National random sample
Signature and standardized meetings
Staff assisted meetings
Member meetings
Webcast meetings
Outsider hosted meetings
The web survey
For each type, discuss
Audience recruitment and makeup
Format and method of preparing, reviewing, and publishing reports
4:30: Adjourn, or continue discussing administrative matters
Thursday, December 15
Citizens’ Health Care Working Group: Public Meeting
8:30-10:30 Questions for America, Round 2
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Looking to the Future—Developing Recommendations
Overview of fundamental issues as seen through
National opinion polls
Policy proposals
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 Draft Outline on Report on Preliminary Recommendations
1:45-2:00 External Affairs
Partners update
Discussion of What Member can do to attract and encourage partners
Media Update: Media events related to community meetings
Website
2:00 Adjourn