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2003 UNOLS Annual Meeting

Reports and Election Results

 

The UNOLS Annual Meeting scheduled for September 19, 2003 at the National Science Foundation was cancelled due to Hurricane Isabel.  We hope that all who attempted to travel to the meeting were able to make it home safely. 

 

The 2003 Annual Meeting agenda included a variety of reports from UNOLS and agency representatives.  Discussions on important issues facing UNOLS in the upcoming year had been planned.  The UNOLS Office has compiled some of these reports and presentations.  Additionally, a copy of the keynote address that was to be provided by RADM Richard West, USN Ret., President, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education has been made available.  RADM West had planned to discuss the need for fleet renewal and the development of other facilities to support the ocean sciences in the near term as well as his vision for the future of ocean science research and education.  All of these reports can be accessed through the links below.

The UNOLS Council Elections that were to be held during the Annual Meeting were held by mail/fax ballot.  UNOLS representatives were requested to submit their ballots no later than 1700 Pacific Daylight time.  The results of these elections are provided below.

We regret that the Annual Meeting was cancelled, but we will attempt to keep the UNOLS community informed of our issues, activities and future plans.  Please do not hesitate to contact the UNOLS Office with questions regarding any of the information provided by this report.

 

Reports and Presentations:

I.                    UNOLS Annual Meeting Agenda

II.                 Keynote Address - RADM Richard West, USN Ret., CORE President

III.               UNOLS Fleet Renewal Activities:

·         NSF Report (1.2 MB)

·         UNOLS Utilization Trends and Projections

·         FIC Fleet Renewal Activities

·         JJMA Regional Class Concept Development Task Review (1.7 MB)

·         On-going Design and Construction Efforts:

-         Alaska Region Research Vessel – Status Report

-         EWING Replacement Plans (3.2 MB)

-         CAPE HENLOPEN Replacement Vessel Status

-         PELICAN Mid-Life Refit (7 MB)

 

              VI.            UNOLS Committee Reports:

·         Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC)

·         DEep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC)

·         Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC)

·         Research Vessel Operators' Committee (RVOC)

·         Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC)

·         Ship Scheduling Committee (SSC)

·         Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR)

            VII.      Issues before UNOLS

 

2003/2004 UNOLS Goals and Priorities

 

The 2003/2004 UNOLS Goals and Priorities as established by the UNOLS Council:

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Recognition of departing Council and Committee members:

 

UNOLS Council

Ø      Tom Shipley, University of Texas at Austin

 

Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee

Ø      Larry Lawver, University of Texas at Austin

Ø      Terry Whitledge, University of Alaska at Fairbanks

 

Fleet Improvement Committee

Ø      Larry Atkinson (Chair), Old Dominion University

 

Research Vessel Operators’ Committee

Ø      Steve Rabalais (Chair), Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

 

Ship Scheduling Committee

Ø      Joe Ustach (Chair), Duke University

Ø      Daniel Schwartz, (V-Chair), University of Washington

 

Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research

Ø      Carl Friehe (Chair), University of California at Irvine

 

We thank all of these individuals for their dedicated service to UNOLS.

 

UNOLS Appointments to Committees: 

 

The following individuals were appointed to UNOLS Committees over the past year:

 

AICC

Ø      Carin Ashjian, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

FIC

Ø      David Hebert, (Chair), University of Rhode Island

Ø      Clare Reimers, Oregon State University

Ø      Ronald Benner, University of South Carolina

Ø      James Bauer, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary

Ø      Newell Garfield, San Francisco State University -  Romberg Tiburon Center

Ø      Marc Willis (ex-officio), Oregon State University

 

SSC

Ø      Elizabeth Brenner/Rose Dufour, (Co-Chair), Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Ø      Jon Alberts, (V-Chair), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

 

SCOAR

Ø      John Bane, (Chair), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ø      Charles Flagg – Brookhaven National Laboratory

Ø      Dan Riemer, U Miami – Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Ø      Ken Melville, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Ø      Bob Bluth, (ex-officio), Naval Postgraduate School

Ø      Haflidi Jonsson, (ex-officio), Naval Postgraduate School

Ø      John H. Seinfeld, (ex-officio), California Institute of Technology

 

UNOLS Election Results:

 

There were 33 Ballots cast as of 5:00 PM PDT on 9/23/03.  Fourteen out of 21 Operator Institutions voted, which constitutes a quorum. The following candidates received a majority of the votes cast and are elected to the UNOLS Council in each of the following categories:

Operator Representative (3 year term) - from among designated UNOLS Member Operator institutions:

Dr. Curtis A. Collins, Naval Postgraduate School (2nd Term)

 

Non-Operator Representative (3 year term) - from among designated
UNOLS Member Non-Operator institutions:

Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover, Virginia Institute of Marine Science and The College of William and Mary

At-Large (3 year term) – Individual affiliated with any UNOLS Member Institution:

Dr. Wilford D. Gardner, Texas A & M University (2nd term)

 

UNOLS encourages the community to visit the UNOLS website <www.unols.org>.  The latest information about activities and meetings will be posted.  Additionally, the UNOLS Goals and Priorities for the coming year will be announced.  Your input is valued and as we move forward with implementation of the Fleet Renewal plan we hope that you will assist us staying engaged in these important activities.