===== The DPF Program Committee =====
==== Draft Mission Statement ====
=== Primary Mission (all participate via assignment to sub-field)===
  * Provide Institutional Memory with regard to the April Meeting
  * To communicate organizational matters to the rest of DPF [Amendment from 4/16/18]
  * Aid the Vice Chair in producing the best program for DPF at the April Meeting 
    * Review and revise sorting categories (for the abstracts) every Spring and send to APS (Vinaya)
    * Over the summer
      * Define a set of mini-symposia and focus talks and find speakers        		
      * Identify relevant Invited Talk sessions and find speakers
      * Target cross disciplinary topics (communicate with other Program Committees)
      * Send sorters to the sorting meeting
      * Provide Chairs for the meeting

===Secondary Mission (designated jobs and sub-committees) ===
  * Improve the April meeting overall
    * Improve relevance of April meeting (and APS) to DPF
    * Better utilization of APS resources
    * Improve web presence (our roles and names)
    * Resource for Snowmass planning

==== Comments on the Mission Statement ====

  * DPF Program Committee will periodically update DPF members via E-mail about the Committee activities/recommendations, including the proposed list of April meeting sorting categories before it is sent to APS.
==== Details ====
    * Term of office: 3 years, staggered (1/3 rotate off every year)
    * Nomination procedure: generally we will try to replace ourselves (in our sub-field) when we rotate off, in consultation with others in our sub-field.
    * There is no formal election.