UNOLS COUNCIL MEETING

Hotel Pacific, Soberanes Room
Monterey, CA

24-25 April 1995

MEETING AGENDA

Call the Meeting: Ken Johnson, UNOLS Chair, will call the meeting to order at 0830, 24 April 1995.

Accept Minutes of 19 September, 1994 Council Meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Research Vessel Operators' Committee - Mike Prince, Chair, will provide an update summary of the RVOC activities and plans for the RVOC annual meeting scheduled for San Diego, CA 24-26 October 1995.

DEep Submergence Science Committee - Jeff Fox, Chair, will report on the updated status of ALVIN and ROV activities and the efforts to develop a new funding paradigm.

Fleet Improvement Committee - Chris Mooers, Chair, will report on an update of the Fleet Improvement Committee activities and the plans for the summer FIC meeting in Seward, Alaska.

Ship Scheduling Committee - Don Moller, Chair, will update the Council on the ship scheduling status for 1995 and the prospects for 1996.

Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee - Rich Findley, Chair, will report on the current activities of the RVTEC and the plans for their annual meeting to be held in Monterey, CA the week of 16 October 1995.

AGENCY REPORTS: Reports from representatives of NSF (D.Heinrichs), ONR (J. Andrews), NOAA (Capt. M. Mulhern), and USCG (Capt. A. Summy) on funding outlooks and special projects. The State Department (T. Cocke) will provide an update on foreign clearance problems. Pat Dennis of the Oceanographer of the Navy Office will report on OON matters.

UNOLS ISSUES

Potential Changes on the Horizon for the UNOLS Fleet - General discussion.

The Long-Range Budget Picture with REVELLE and ATLANTIS.

Ocean Studies Board Review of the ARV - K. Johnson will discuss the progress of the Board's review.

KNORR/AGOR-25 - D. Pittenger will provide an update.

Crew Stability and Crewing Standards - K. Johnson will lead discussion on UNOLS involvement.

Initiatives for New Vessels at UNOLS Institutions - What role can/should UNOLS play?

RSMAS/HBOI Plans - T. Lee will update Council re COLUMBUS ISELIN. T. Lee and T. Askew will discuss joint

operating plans.

USCG's Icebreaker HEALY - General discussion on HEALY and the inter-action of the USCG and UNOLS (see letters from Johnson/Summy and Murkowski, Attachment II).

UNOLS Charter Change Proposed - A Charter Change is proposed to change the period of time for retaining the UNOLS Office at one location from six to nine years. This does not relieve the option of re-competing every three years (see Attachment IX.)

FOFCC - Don Heinrichs will report on the re-establishment of FOFCC.

Scientific Opportunities on Nuclear Submarines - Jack Bash will provide the status of the report from the Nuclear Submarine Workshop that was held on 21-22 September 1994.

Southern California Marine Institute Application for UNOLS Membership - Discussion on the application for UNOLS membership of the Southern California Marine Institute (see Attachment V).

Ship Construction - Bob Knox and Dick Pittenger will provide an update on the construction of ROGER REVELLE (AGOR 24) and ATLANTIS (AGOR 25).

Radio Operator/GPS - Dick Pittenger will update the Council on the status of the Radio Operator problem and the progress of introducing P-Code GPS to the UNOLS Fleet.

Law of the Sea Discussion - Tom Cocke will provide an update of State Department matters and address the issues in Dave Ross' memo to Dick Pittenger dated 20 September 1994 (see Attachment III).

Executive Committee - A new member of the Executive Committee needs to be appointed to replace Ken Palfrey. Attachment VI is a listing of the past committee members.

Committee Appointments - With the concurrence of the Council, Ken Johnson will appoint a new DESSC Chair. A new member of FIC will also need to be appointed.

UNOLS Council Membership - A nominating committee will be appointed by the UNOLS Chair to prepare a slate of candidates to replace those Council members completing terms. The nominating committee will consist of three members, two from UNOLS Operator institutions and one from an institution other than an Operator. Attachment VII provides a full description of duties of the nominating committee along with a description of the terms expiring. The terms of Dick Pittenger and Bob Wall are expiring. Both are eligible for second terms. Attachment VIII lists all past UNOLS Council members and their years in service.

Responsibility of the Chief Scientist - General discussion and tasking to study the responsibility of a Chief Scientist.

Assessment Reports - The RVOC has requested that the UNOLS Council review both the Chief Scientist and Captain/Marine Tech assessment report. A copy of the assessment forms and the summary reports are included as Attachment IV.

USCG Inspection of Un-inspected Vessels - Mike Prince will address the USCG inspections for R/V designation.

Internet - General discussion on Internet communications and what is the best way for the Community to communicate. (NODC? TOS? Oceanic? Other?)

Calendar for UNOLS Meetings

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Adjournment

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