Public Health Service
                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH        HUMAN SERVICES
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                                                                                National Institutes of Health
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                                                                                National Library of Medicine
                                                                                Bethesda MD 20894


                 DATE-.       March 13,  1991


                 FROM--       Chief, timo


                 SUBJECT:     RMP Conference


                 TO:          Director, NLM


                 This memo    is a progress report on plans for the RMP conference.

                 I   have   spoken   with   Dr.   Rikli   and   he   confirmed   his   willingness   to
                 be   of   assistance.   I   am   now   moving   ahead   with    the    paperwork    to
                 employ his services as a consultant.

                 Dr.   Rikli   and   I   agree   that   it   would   be   useful   to   get    together
                 within   the   next   few   weeks   to    map    out    a    preliminary    list    of
                 topics,   speakers,    etc.    for    the    conference.    He    will    give    some
                 thought  to these matters in  the meantime.                 We    have     tentatively
                 an @ on  April 4  as the  date  for his  first visit.                       I     have
                    ecked   with   Pat   and   that   date    appears    to    be    good    on    your
                 schedule.       1  have   had   her   schedule   a   meeting   with   Dr.   Rikli   at
                 iii*O  am.  and  will  ask   Elliot   to   join   us   if   he   is   free.   I   have
                 also   asked   Pat   to   keep   the   lunch   period   open   on    the    assumption
                 that   you   might   like   to   have   lunch   with   Dr.   Rikli,   continuing   the
                 discussion   of   plans   for   the   conference   if    needed.    Please   let    me
                 know  if   you   wish   Elliot   and/or   myself   to   join   you   for   lunch,   or
                 if  you  will  not  be  available   (in   which   case   I   will   take   Dr.   Rikli
                 to lunch).


                 I   also   talked   with   Pat   about   the   tentative   dates    that    you    had
                 suggested    for    the    conference,    November    21-22.    Unfortunately,     she
                 indicated  that   there   is   a   confirmed   meeting   of   the   BLRE   for   those
                 dates.      I  assume  that  you   do   not   wish   to   have   the   conference   in
                 conflict  with  the  BLRE   meeting,   but   let   me   know   if   I   am   mistaken.
                 If  we  do  not  have  the  meeting  on   November   21   or   22,   our   next   best
                 option  might  be  in  early  December,   if   we   wish   to   hold   it   in   1991.
                 For   example,   December   2,3   and   6   are   open   on   your   calendar-    Your
                 schedule  for  Nov  @  er  is  very  heavy   in   general,   and   I   am   not   sure
                 it   would   be   wise   to   move   the   meeting   up   before   that   because   we
                 will    need    adeqaute    planning    time.    Another    possibility    would    be
                 the   January   15-17,   1992   dates   I   mentioned   in   my   earlier   memo,   to
                 coincide   with   the   25th   anniversary   of    the    first    RMP    cary-erence,
                 if these dates -fit  into your schedule.               Of    course,    the    weather
                 "ill   be   more   unpredictable   then.   If   we   decide   that   linkage   to    a
                 25th   anniversary   is   not   essential,   then    we    could    consider    almost
                 anytime in 1992.




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                 cc: Etlict Siegel., Lois Ann Colaianni