UNOLS FLEET IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

University of Alaska
Seward Marine Center

20-21 July 1995

Agenda

Thursday AM

1. Accept FIC Meeting Minutes of January '95
   
2. Progress and Information Reports
   
   1. News from UNOLS Council Meeting (Ken Johnson and Chris Mooers)
   2. Approval by UNOLS Council of FIC Three-year agenda (Chris Mooers)
   3. Whither UNOLS?: Vision for UNOLS in an era of downsizing (Pete Betzer)
   4. Primer on small R/Vs (Jack Bash)
   5. Inventory of small R/Vs (Jack Bash)
   6. "Customer Satisfaction" questionnaire (Jack Bash and Chris Mooers)
   7. Safety training/orientation (Suzanne Strom)
   8. Quantitative analysis of 10 year R/V use (Annette DeSilva)
   9. ARV oversight (Tom Royer)
   10. Organization of HEALY committee for USCG (Chris Mooers)
   11. Nuclear Submarine Meeting report (Jack Bash)
   12. Status of NSF Inspection Reports: Do they have enough teeth? (Jack Bash)
   13. Goals and objectives for Post-cruise Assessment reports (Chris Mooers)
   14. Report on ALVIN support ship conversion (Annette DeSilva)
   15. Van study report (Suzanne Strom)

Thursday PM

3. Agency Reports
   
   1. Status of NOAA Fleet (Capt. Martin Mulhern)
   2. ONR (Jim Andrews)
      
4. Role of Regional Consortia-White Paper (Chris Mooers)
   
5. Status of FIC/CZRV Plan Development (Chris Mooers)
   
   1. CZRV SMR (Larry Atkinson)
   2. Regional SMRs
   3. Synopsis of Williamsburg, VA meeting
   4. MARCO/Duke Proposals (Atkinson/Ustach)
   5. Regional inventory of assets and capabilities
   6. Regional science plans and requirements
   7. Analysis of assets/capabilities vs. plans/requirements
      
6. Report on Agency Plans for Coastal Ocean Research (Chris Mooers)
   
1. ONR
2. USGS
3. NRL
4. NSF
5. NOAA
6. MMS
7. DOE
   

Friday AM

7. POA for FIC/CZRV Plan Development (Chris Mooers)
   
8. UNOLS R/Vs as Continuous Data Collection Platforms for GOOS, etc. (Chris Mooers)
   
   1. NOS rep (Chris Noe)
   2. CNMOC rep (Capt. D. Rudolph)
      
9. Presentation by Seward Association for Advancement of Marine Science (SAMS)
   
10. Long range science plan POA
    
    1. Post-FOFCC activity
    2. Large vessels
    3. Intermediate vessels
    4. Small vessels

Friday PM

11. FIC Membership
    
    1. Tom Royer - member since 10/89 (term expires 10/95)
    2. Ken Johnson - member since 10/89 (retiring)
    3. Don Wright - member since 10/90 (term expires 10/96); he has resigned due to his recent assignment as Acting Director, VIMS
       
12. Other
    
    1. Discussion of issues and tasks
    2. Task assignments

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