OK, so after a little time had passed and I hadn't received the one document that I had requested in the meeting and the one document that was taken from me by force, I sent an email to the study leader asking for a list of the advisory board members. I'm sure this is a bunch of names of "influential" folks in Paducah. I certainly wasn't on it. But I think it's important for the public to know.

In the powerpoint the night of the meeting, the researchers referenced this advisory board, and the minute they did, I asked for a list of the members. They didn't provide me a copy that night, which I thought was really being ill-prepared or deceptive, one of the two. But promised that they would send it to me. When I didn't get it after several days, I wrote to the study leader. I guess since I had contacted the research integrity people, the study leader didn't want to respond to me. He forwarded my request to them. So today I got my initial response. I wanted to share it with everyone. If anyone is interested, the actual letter is attached to this post.

"Dear Mr. Donham,

"Your request sent via Mr. Ormsbee was forwarded to me for reply as official records custodian of the University of Kentucky.

"You said that you would provide me with a list of the advisory board members...but I haven't received it yet...and also the visualizations from the scenarios presented....

"RESPONSE Due to the travel schedule of the General Council for University of Kentucky, it will take several business days to retrieve and determine what, if any, non-exempt responsive materials exist....We will respond by May 17....

Frank Butler, Custodian of Records, UK

Wow. So they can't even disclose who their "advisory board" is, even though the research leader said at first that this was who chose the 12 scenarios that were in the envelopes?

And this is an "open" government? Hah!