The two lead organizations, the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) and the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC), have begun the process by establishing a Director Search Committee and a Site Evaluation Committee for the Central Management Team. ILCSC chairman Maury Tigner, of Cornell University, said the committees would like to have recommendations for ICFA at the next American regional meeting in February, 2005 in Vancouver, Canada.

The Director would then work with regional managers from the American, European and Asian steering committees to select the remaining members of the Central Management Team. Tigner said there have been nine offers to host the central team (including Fermilab).

"We need to establish a means of comparison to evaluate the offers, and consider other conditions to select a site," he said.

The central team would be charged with formulating a Conceptual Design Report, the first phase of the GDI. Tigner also emphasized another aspect of furthering ILC goals: moving from what he called the current "grass roots" efforts into more direct connection with international funding agencies.

"This is not yet a formal project," he said. "For example, Congress has not allocated funds. It's very important that we establish firmer connections with the funding agencies. We're anxious to cooperate with these agencies."

Representatives of scientific funding agencies from Europe, Japan and North America, including the U.S. Department of Energy, have met three times as a self-described "informal body" to discuss prospects for an ILC. They have another meeting scheduled next week in Geneva, Switzerland

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