Thomas Phillips
Statement:

  Fermilab's most precious resources are its users, and in order to keep 
collider users from turning their attention elsewhere prematurely, the lab 
needs to assure its continued support for operating the accelerator, for 
operating the experiments, and for analyzing the data.  In some cases this 
will require additional lab resources to make up for the effort of students 
and postdocs who will inevitably be sent to CERN.  At the same time, the 
lab needs to recognize and support users who are not working on the collider 
experiments, since they are the future of the laboratory.  In particular, 
the lab needs to encourage and support new user communities in areas that 
did not get much attention from the lab when it was focused on its collider 
program.  I believe it would be a mistake to put too many resources into 
designing future machines that may never be built at Fermilab while neglecting 
the possible uses for the machines Fermilab already has.

The main challenge for Fermilab in the next few years is to remain relevant as 
the energy frontier shifts from Fermilab to the LHC.  I believe that keeping 
the lab relevant is important for the health of the US high-energy physics 
community, and keeping relevant means providing the services that the users need.  
This is the perspective I would bring to the UEC if elected.