The Council has been discussing how to reduce its size as the Council is now so large that it has become unwieldy. There is a proposal for reducing the Council size. If approved by APS membership, DPF would have only one rather than two Divisional Councilors. The DPF Councilors endorsed the proposed restructuring of the Council and the Executive Committee concurred. Subsequently, a note from the Executive Committee was e- mailed to DPF membership urging them to vote in support of the APS constitutional changes to reduce the Council size.
Early feedback is that three-hour sessions with no break are too long.
This means that the amount of money available for operation of facilities is much smaller than in the past. Problems with funding were also discussed elsewhere in the agenda. Physicists were then matched with members of Congress and asked to contact the member and make an appointment in advance of the reception. J. Conrad emphasized the importance of talking to the staffers. G. Beier distributed a draft of a letter he had written about particle physics funding to be sent to member of Congress on key committees.