George Gollin
Statement:

High energy physics has evolved to the point where our
projects can no longer be viewed as independent efforts, whose
advocates can seek sponsorship based only on the scientific
merits of the proposed work. It has become necessary to
consider each of them in our global scientific context, to
work across institutional and national boundaries in order to
move them forward. It is encouraging to see the extent to
which this has seemed natural in the rapid progress on ILC
organization after the technology recommendation last year.

I believe that Fermilab's user community is a largely untapped
resource that can help propel international high energy
physics into the future. In my experience, government affairs
offices at users' universities are interested in helping
promote state and federal support for basic science, but need
constant attention to work effectively. One possible goal for
the UEC would be to increase significantly the cooperation
between university administrations and the Fermilab directorate.

In the last year the level of close collaboration between
Fermilab and Argonne has increased, in particular in areas
relating to innovation in accelerator physics. This is a
promising trend and should be encouraged. The UEC can play a
role in this.

Another function of the UEC can be to serve as scouts of sorts
for opportunities that could be exploited to the advantage of
high energy physics in general, and Fermilab in particular. A
recent example of this was the state of Illinois' interest in
RIA, and in helping Argonne in its competition for the
machine. Because of similarities in RIA, the proton driver,
and the ILC main linac, the state's attention to RIA was also
beneficial to Fermilab. An agile response to opportunities off
this sort this is possible if the "early warning system" of
users and university administrations is working closely with
the lab.