I want to build upon what Dr. Bennett was saying, about this committee trying to work in a spirit of collaboration and cooperation. Of the last four or five meetings we've had, at every single meeting we end up talking about whether or not we are going to extend our topic and add more sessions. Everyone ends up with a bad taste in their mouth, because we've discussed this issue from day one.
We had decided on a game plan. Realizing that there were other groups to hear from, we had also suggested last time around, off the record, that we might want to extend the sessions and add on another hour. Many members, I understand, would be willing to sit past 5:30. We could add an extra hour and stay with our original game plan to go on and discuss another topic afterwards.