The next meeting of the PRCSQA will be Monday, June 22, 1998. The host for this meeting will be Panlabs Biosafety, 11804 North Creek Parkway South, Bothell, WA.

On April 1-2, 1998 PRCSQA and Genentech hosted the national SQA board and regulatory review committee as the moved their meetings from the east coast for the first time in many years. An added benefit for the PRCSQA was the opportunity to have SQA president Robert McCormick speak at our April 3rd meeting on the approach SQA will follow in soliciting nominations for a national office this year. Job descriptions have been written for each position which will be provided to the nominating committee as a guideline. The national newsletter will invite volunteers to approach the nominating committee if they are interested in running for office. In addition a representative from each regional chapter will be a member of the nominating committee. Marlys Okada has agreed to represent PRCSQA on this very important committee. Thank you Marlys. If you would like to run for a national office or have some good ideas for potential candidates please contact Marlys at (415)855-5647 or email marlys.okada@roche.com.

James Carignan also updated the attendees on National Laboratory Accreditation. He encouraged the membership to express their thoughts on this issue as currently it appeared there was a strong indication GLP laboratories may be affected.

Thank you Genentech and especially Karen Young for providing such an excellent setting for the national board and Regulatory Review meetings and also for our meeting April 3rd. A summary of the PRCSQA meeting seminar - "Handling Difficult People" is found on page 3 of the Left Coast Occasional and on our website.

The next meeting of the PRCSQA will be Monday, June 22, 1998. The host for this meeting will be Panlabs Biosafety, 11804 North Creek Parkway South, Bothell, WA.

- Mary Kay Erickson