RESEARCH VESSEL TECHNICAL
ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 19, 1998
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA
October 1, 1998
Agenda
Monday, October 19:
8:30 am Informal Networking
9:00 am Meeting Called to Order
- Welcome by Woody Sutherland (SIO)
- Introductory Remarks by John Freitag, Chair
9:15 am Participant Introductions
9:30 am Accept Minutes
- Accept the 1997 RVTEC Annual Meeting Minutes
9:35 am UNOLS Reports
- Summary of UNOLS Activities
- RVTEC liaisons with UNOLS Subcommittees:
FIC
AICC (HEALY Science Systems Testing to be discussed later)
RVOC
10:00 am Agency Reports:
10:45 am Break
11:00 am USCGC HEALY Science Systems Testing Discussion
- John Freitag will report on the status of developing science system test programs for USCGC HEALY.
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Naval Oceanographic Center (NAVO)
Ship Programs - Woody Sutherland (SIO) will lead a discussion
to review 1998 NAVO cruise programs. Recommendations for next year’s
operations will be discussed.
1:20 pm UNOLS Ship Inspection Program - Status
and Feedback
1:40 pm SeaNet Update - Discussion on
the status of installing SeaNet Systems on UNOLS vessels (a full technical report
will be provided during the INMARTECH ‘98 Symposium on Thursday, 22 October.)
2:00 pm Shipboard Technical support proposal
revision in procedures - Sandy Shor NSF/OCFS Program Manager will provide
an update on new procedures for writing the Tech Support proposals and requests
for ancillary services.
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Salary Survey Discussion - An
update on where we stand at this point and a discussion of possible mid- coarse
corrections to the survey still in progress.
3:00 pm Subcommittee Reports
- Database Subcommittee; Tom Wilson
- Data Interchange Subcommittee; Steve Poulos
- Long Range Instrumentation Planning Subcommittee; Rich Findley
- Wire and Cable Specifications Review Subcommittee
4:00 pm New Instrumentation Presentations/Show
and Tell
4:30 pm General Business
- Report form the Nominations committee and election of Chair
- Updating of Action Plans
4:50 pm New Business
Adjournment