Day 1: 0830-1700
0950-1010 morning break
1145-1300 lunch (time may be shifted
if we are asked to)
1430-1450 afternoon break
1900 AICC
Dinner at F.X. McRory's restaurant
Day 2: 0830-1430
0950-1010 morning break
1145-1300 lunch (time may be shifted
if we are asked to)
AGENDA ITEMS
1. General business & reports.
Review and approve minutes of last meetings:
Chair report.
UNOLS report.
Agency Reports (NSF/OPP, NSF/OCE, ONR, etc.)
ARVOC report.
Coast Guard Icebreaker Operations (Headquarters) report
Coast Guard PacArea report(s)2000 Science-of-Opportunity program (update)
2. Healy test program
Status of test memos.
Ship modifications underway or planned before 2001 science season.
Healy PSA II.AICC role in commenting on planned ship modifications, adding to the list,
prioritizing the list, and/or assessing suitability completed
modifications.Completion of the AICC report on the Healy science systems test program.
What report is expected/desirable?
How close are we now to producing the final AICC report.
Plans for review, modifications, and dissemination of the AICC report.
3. Arctic icebreaker scheduling and planning for 2001 and 2002.
2001 SOO planning.
Arctic icebreaker 2001 (and beyond?) "paid science" scheduling update.
Identification of 2001 (& 2002) Arctic icebreaker technical support
requirements.Identification of 2001 (& 2002) Arctic icebreaker scientific equipment
requirements. Any new acquisitions or ship modifications required for
2001?WAGB small boats replacement.
Status of science planning documentation ("HEALY Cruise Planning Guide").
Defining the AICC role in the Coast Guard's cruise scheduling process.
4. Arctic icebreaker long-term science and logistics planning
SCICEX update (present and future plans; relationship with icebreaker work).
Overview of Arctic icebreaker user ideas to date. PDF file of user ideas on the web.
Fall AGU icebreaker planning meeting - plans.
Status of Healy transits and science ops in Canadian open and ice-covered
waters (CASPAR and transit through Canadian waters) - update (if available).
(see article from NY Times)**You might have to login and then search for Northwest passage in past articles to see the article.Update on public availability of Arctic icebreaker user ideas & proposal status.
5. Other business
Response to NSF re TEAA (teacher) program.
AICC input on IMO Guidelines for Ships operating in Ice-Covered Waters?
AICC membership and meeting review.
HEALY will be berthed just south of downtown Seattle, near
the King Dome.
The address is 14 South Massachusetts which is just off Alaskan
Way South
just south of the King Dome. Click
here for a map.
AICC has been invited to stay on board the HEALY. There are
eleven staterooms available
and they can handle up to three people. Please let the UNOLS office
know if you plan to stay
on board, what nights and who you might want to share a stateroom with.
Hotel Options:
University Towers (formerly Meany Towers)
aka Edmond Meany Hotel
4507 Brooklyn Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 634-2000
http://www.meany.com/
We have a block of rooms that are $104 per night for single
occupancy and
$114/night for double occupancy. The block is set aside for check
in on
Sunday 8/20 and check out on Wednesday 8/23. The cut off date
for reserving
a room under this block at the government rate is August 5th.
Tell the
reservation desk that you want a room under the UNOLS-AICC block.
let then
know if you want to arrive early or are staying for the ARC meeting
and they
should honor the same rate. You will need to hold the room and
pay for the
cost with your own credit card. They have a 24 hour cancellation
policy.
Another option is the University Inn. We do not have a block
of rooms but
there are a few rooms available at $102 and a few more at $104.
University Inn
4140 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 632-5055
http://www.travelnow.com/hotels/hotelinfo.jsp?hotelID=135136
The Federal Per Diem rate for Seattle is $104 for lodging and
$46 for meals
and incidentals.
AICC members should check the UNOLS office Travel Guidelines at:
http://www.unols.org/committees/travel/Travel_Guidelines.html
The SJSUF contract travel agent is Uchida Travel in San Jose.
They can help
you make travel arrangements and can bill our account directly
for
authorized UNOLS travel. Please tell them that you are traveling
for UNOLS
with the name and dates of the meeting. If there is any question
they will
contact us. The contact information for Uchida is:
Uchida Travel
408-293-3399
uchidatrvl@aol.com
Ask for travel agent Barbara Lyons or Le Nguyen
--
Mike Prince
Executive Secretary
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS)
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
8272 Moss Landing Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
831-632-4410
Mike@unols.org for private email
Office@unols.org for UNOLS email
WWW.UNOLS.ORG