1.  But balance also requires consumer representation, and, thanks to recent reforms, one-third of most agency boards is now reserved for public members.

2.  But copies were withheld from the four public members of the panel, who were appointed by state legislators to represent those living near the plants.

3.  But public members would be a minority.

4.  Five other boards, including real estate appraisers, cosmetologists, and physician assistants, are missing one or more of the public members they are supposed to have.

5.  Four members, including the chair, will have to be public members.

6.  Grace tried to quell a potential shareholder revolt last month by promising to add public members to the National Medical board once the unit is spun off.

7.  He served as chairman and public member of panels and commissions at all levels, dealing with minimum wages, pensions and employment, among other things.

8.  He is one of four public members of the Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration and said he had learned of the decisions from several members of the NASD panel.

9.  I have just returned from Jakarta, Indonesia, where I attended the Convention on Biological Diversity as a public member with the United States delegation.