The value of the Citizens' Interracial Committee, and what it has meant for some of its' members was here under discussion. The fate of the CIC was considered, whether it was to disband, continue in some modified form, or stay the same. All could agree that attendance at the meetings had dropped off drastically, and those absent were primarily members of the power structure, those capable of making changes. Thus, the dialogues had become far less effective in stimulating actions. Most also agreed that some form of the dialogues, or some type of forum, needed to continue to be in existence, both to provide a place for people to bring their needs and concerns, and to keep from giving the power structure the message that they were "off the hook" from doing anything further about the problems that still existed.

The meetings were moderated by CIC Executive Director Carroll Waymon, and his voice is often the first one heard in the audio recordings of the meetings. The minutes of the meeting consist of the tape itself, but there is a summary consisting of handwritten stenographic pages, mostly numbers from the tape recorder counter with names beside them.

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