Subject: DoE Linear Collider R&D Program MEETING JUNE 30 AT SANTA CRUZDate: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:02:16 -0700From: "Jaros, John A." To: lcd-l Dear Colleagues, The DoE is expected to announce a new program for the support of Linear Collider Machine andDetector R&D at the Santa Cruz Linear Collider Retreat, June 27-29, at the University of Californiaat Santa Cruz. These funds could support work by DoE groups involved in the LC R&D efforts currentlybeing organized at Fermilab and SLAC.Members of the US HEP Community interested in submitting an LC R&D proposal to the DOE, should plan to attend an organizational meeting to be held at Santa Cruz on Sunday, June 30.Please register for the meeting through the Santa Cruz website: http://scipp.ucsc.edu/LC/. Be sure to reserve accommodations for your additional stay.The American Linear Collider Physics Group will facilitate coordination of all R&D efforts, DoE andNSF. You should declare your R&D interests by communicating a short description to the appropriate ALCPG Working Group Leader (listed on the above website) ASAP.The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the features of the new DOE program with an Agency Representative, review the research plans from interested groups, and make plans for proposal writing and submission.Tentative Program09:00 Purpose of the Meeting J. Jaros09:10 Q&A Session: the DOE LC R&D Program M. Procario09:40 Designing the Proposal-Guidelines/Groundrules D. Amidei10:00 Discussion All10:30 Coffee10:45 Review of R&D Proposed Working Group Leaders11:45 Discussion All12:15 Writing/Editing/Assembly Plans TBA12:30 LunchSee you there!Linear Collider R&D Working Group at Fermilab Contacts: Dan Amidei, George Gollin, and Andreas Kronfeld (amidei@umich.edu; g-gollin@uiuc.edu; ask@fnal.gov)LC Working Group at SLAC Contacts: John Jaros and Usha Mallik (john@slac.stanford.edu; usha-mallik@uiowa.edu)