--------------------------------------------------------- December 18, 2002 Dear ACFA Colleagues, I would like to call for possible new names for the linear collider project which we are now promoting, i.e. JLC. When the project was originally started by our Japanese colleagues two decades ago, the project was called as Japan Linear Collider, JLC. Since then, the project has grown up to have more international nature. Especially, since 1997 when the ACFA statement for the linear collider was declared, ACFA has been strongly supporting the JLC project. Then JLC has been translated to be a Joint Linear Collider. By now significant progress in promotion of the project has been achieved under ACFA and the linear collider promotion committee at KEK. Based on such progresses, recently ACFA Linear Collider Steering Committee (ALCSC) was formed in Melbourne, Australia to coordinate the promotion of the project in Asian region. However, in spite of such a situation, sometimes JLC is still called as Japan Linear Collider, which is not our intention. Now, an important write-up, "Roadmap Report," is in preparation which describes the basic design of accelerator, facilities, site issues as well as roadmap to wards project realization, and a draft will be distributed soon. The symposium for the project will be held on 12-Feb-2003 in Tsukuba-city. We, I myself as the ALCSC chair, and members of the linear collider promotion committee, recognized that it is time to go the next step with a new name which more clearly expresses the nature of the project. We hope that the roadmap report will be completed with the new name. For indivisuals who have an idea for the new name, please send your idea to following address by an e-mail. ACFA office: setsuya.kawabata@kek.jp The deadline of sending your mail is 31-Jan-2003. I am looking forward to hearing from all of you. Sincerely yours, Won Namkung Chair, Asian Linear Collider Steering Committee (ALCSC) ---------------------------------------------------------