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The committee has learned many lessons along the way that would be valuable to a successor committee. I have tried to provide the new committee with accessible, brief hints, thoughts and advice on new inquiry topics.
I urge the committee to read that document. The values are not new—they do not include any principles that are strange to us—but their encapsulation in that relatively brief format is somehow powerful.
In the latter case, a reporter and small groups making visits are helpful. However, when a committee is acting in a judicial capacity and a visit takes place, all committee members should participate.
Many focus group discussions took place last summer and we have been trying to test the system robustly. It is a new system that maintains many of the features and principles of the previous system; however, it is very much a new system.