Revised:  November 2, 2005

Tentative Agenda

UNOLS Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC)
2005 Annual Meeting

Oregon State University

CH2M Hill Alumni Center
Corvallis, Oregon

<http://oregonstate.edu/cw_tools/campusmap/>

November 8-10, 2005

 

All meeting participants are requested to register for the meeting and meals no later than October 24th. The registration form is posted on the UNOLS website and can be accessed by clicking: <RVTEC Meeting Registration>.

 

A pdf version of this meeting agenda can be downloaded at <200511rvtag.pdf>

 

Tuesday November 8th

 

8:00 am            Meeting Check-in and Informal Discussion

 

8:30 am            Meeting Called to Order

·         Welcome by Marc Willis

·         OSU Welcome Speaker

·         Introductory Remarks by Bill Martin, RVTEC Chair

 

8:45 am            RVTEC Participant Introductions

 

9:00 am            Accept 2004 RVTEC Minutes <200411rvtmi.html>

 

9:15 am            Agency Reports

·         NSF - Sandy Shor

·         Navy - John Freitag

·         NOAA - Mike Webb

·         USCG

 

10:00 am           Break

 

10:15 am           UNOLS Reports

·         RVOC and Safety Committee - Bill Martin

·         FIC - Marc Willis

·         AICC - Dale Chayes

·         SCOAR - Steve Hartz

·         DESSC - Annette DeSilva

 

10:45 am            Ship Updates

 

11:45 am           Lunch Break

 

12:45 pm         INMARTECH 2006 planning - Barrie Walden

 

1:45 pm            Seismic Operations Discussion

·         Permitting, observers, other requirements (John Diebold, Erik Zettler, Sandy Shor)

 

2:45 pm            Break

 

3:00 pm           Radio Frequency Spectrum - UNOLS Request to define frequencies used by ocean community

 

3:15 pm           Open Discussion - RVTEC's Input for UNOLS Goals and Objectives

 

4:00 pm           Speaker -- Peter Wiebe, UNOLS Chair

 

4:45 pm           Adjourn Day One

 

6:00 pm            Board vans to WET Labs Facility Tour

 

Tuesday Evening

WET Labs Facility Tour
 620 Applegate Street, Philomath, OR  97370

<http://www.wetlabs.com/index.html>

RVTEC members are invited to tour the WET Labs Facility. The evening will provide an opportunity for technical exchange between RVTEC and WET Labs representatives. Instrumentation will be on display. Food and Beverages will be provided.

8:30 pm            Vans returns to hotel

 

Wednesday, November 9th

 

8:00 am            Coffee and Informal Discussion

 

8:25 am            Call to order and announcements

 

8:30 am            Defined Levels of Technician / Instrumentation Support Update / Equipment Inventories - Annette DeSilva

 

9:00 am            Discussion Period - Email and Data Downloading - Stewart Lamerdin

 

9:30 am           Shipboard Data Acquisition Systems - What is out there? - Dale Chayes

 

10:00 am           Break

 

10:15 am           Shipboard Data Acquisition Systems - What is out there? (continued)

 

12:00                Lunch

 

1:00 pm            Board Bus for Newport

 

3:00 pm            Arrive Newport, OR

 

3:15 pm            Facility Tours:

 

Wednesday Evening

Dinner at the Rogue Brewery

< http://www.rogue.com/brewery.html>
Located at the South Beach Marina

2320 OSU Drive
Newport, OR 97365

Please join us at the Rogue Brewery, overlooking Yaquina Bay, for a delightful evening of great food, drink, and conversation.

 

Thursday, November 10th

 

8:00 am            Coffee and Informal Discussion

 

8:25 am            Call to order and announcements

 

8:30 am            Show and Tell - Participants will set-up on tables and the group will breakup and walk through the display(s):

 

10:00 am           Report from Mate - Annette DeSilva

 

10:15 am           Subcommittee Reports

·         Wire & Cable Spec Review -- Rich Findley

·         PCA Subcommittee Report (Nomination for New Representative?) -- Bill Martin

 

10:45 am           New Business

·         Radio Spectrum Frequency - UNOLS Request to define frequencies used by ocean community

·         Election of Vice-Chair

·         2006 RVTEC Meeting

 

12:30 pm           Adjourn

 

1:30 pm            RVTEC Manager's (or designated representative) Roundtable Discussion - Sandy Shor, Bill Martin

 

Items for discussion:

 

3:30 pm            Adjourn