Revised - September 18, 2002

Tentative Agenda

UNOLS Fleet Improvement Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 25, 2002, 8:30 a.m. 
National Science Foundation - Room 770
Arlington, VA

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To accommodate the schedules of presenters, the order of the agenda items may be rearranged.

Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

0830 Welcome and Introduction – Larry Atkinson, FIC Chair, will open the meeting and recap FIC activities since the last meeting. The meeting will focus on Fleet Renewal.

0845 Fleet Capitalization (This topic may be revisited later to accommodate presenter schedules)

· Appropriations and Funding for Fleet Renewal – Agency Status

· National Defense Authorization Act - HASC Authorization Report FY03 107-436.doc

· NSF Capitalization Plans

· FIC’s Role - What can FIC do to help the agencies achieve their capitalization goals? 

0915 Science Mission Requirements- FIC Members should review the draft SMRs that were developed during the summer workshops.

• Ocean Class Workshop – Dave Hebert will report on the Ocean Class SMR Workshop and review key elements of the draft SMRs.
• Regional Class Workshop – Niall Slowey will report on the Regional Class Workshop and review key elements of the draft SMRs.
• Identification of any SMR issues or areas requiring additional attention:
• Regulatory concerns (500 GT issue)
• Geographic differences
• Next Steps:
• Formalize mechanism for community review
• Establish timelines
• Review Steering Committee Membership
• Are additional SMRs needed?

1015 Coffee Break

1030 Fleet Renewal Implementation – General Review

• FOFC Fleet Renewal Implementation Plan – Status
• FIC Renewal Implementation Plan – Review roadmap < http://www.unols.org/committees/fic/renewal/roadmap.html>. Are any adjustments needed?
• Do the two plans agree? How can the agencies and FIC work together?

· Community Outreach - What is needed to keep and/or get the community involved?

1100 Fleet Renewal – Design and Construction Efforts in Progress:

• KILO MOANA (Chris Measures):
• Science System Testing Status
• Operation Plans

o Science Shakedown Cruise Planning –

• Review debrief questions prepared by Dave Hebert and Terry Whitledge
• Test Schedule
• Participation
• End product
• Alaska Regional Research Vessel (Terry Whitledge) - Status of preliminary design, next steps.
• CAPE HENLOPEN Replacement – Report on recent Design Review meeting and follow-up
• Ewing Mid-Life Refit Plans

1200 LUNCH

1300 Navy’s Scalable, Common Hull Study – Dan Rollland (JJMA, Inc) will report on the status and preliminary findings of the Navy’s Common Hull Study. General Discussion will follow.

1500 OTHER FIC ISSUES:

• Fleet Capabilities needed to support Observatory Work
• Report on Recommendations of the May Meeting – Larry Atkinson
• Status of Funding Support
• FIC Actions

· Quality of Service - What is FIC's Role?

· Safety Recommendations for Shipboard Scientific operations - FIC's role

· FIC Membership – Two new FIC members are needed. A call for nominations has been announced. FIC should come to the meeting with recommendations for nominees.

1600 Wrap-Up – Summarize items to report to Council

1700 Adjourn