Revised: March 6, 2006

Tentative Agenda

UNOLS FLEET IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

Campus of San Jose State University
Student Union Building, 3rd Floor - Almaden Room
1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95172

March 13-14, 2006

A pdf copy of this agenda can be downloaded at <200603ficag.pdf>

 

Click here to see a map of the campus: http://www.sjsu.edu/about_sjsu/campus_maps/#main_campus
(Student Union Building is in block B3 on campus grid map)

 

On day 2, the FIC will meet jointly with the UNOLS Council

 

 

0830    Call the Meeting:  Dave Hebert, FIC Chair, will call the meeting to order and provide an opportunity for introductions.

0900    Review status of Fleet Improvement Plan (FIP) Update (Dave Hebert)

 

There will be a mid-morning break

 

1200    Lunch

 

1300    Review Fleet Improvement Plan (FIP) Update – continued from AM

 

1430    Break

 

1450    Global Science Mission Requirements (SMRs) Update (Dave Hebert)

 

1515    Ocean Observatories – Status report on timeline and implementation plans (Dave Hebert)

 

1535   Kilo Moana Update (Dave Hebert)

1620    Other business

 

1645    Review FIC Action Items and Assignments (Dave Hebert)

 

Adjourn Day 1

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Day 2: The UNOLS Fleet Improvement Committee will meet jointly with the UNOLS Council

 

• Accept the minutes of the October 2005 Council Meeting.

• NSF – (Mike Reeve)
  • Budget projections
  • Regional Class Acquisition Status, Operator Selection, and Timeline
  • ARRV Funding Status
• NOAA - DART moorings, Ocean Exploration, NURP, and other requirements (Beth White)
• NAVY – (John Freitag)
  • Budget projections, Utilization and Status of $4.2M plus-up
  • Ocean Class Acquisition Process – John Freitag
    • Status of Design Funds
    • Timeline

• 2006 UNOLS Fleet schedules, estimated operation costs, and 2007 ship scheduling -Mike Prince and Liz Brenner
• Long-Term Considerations:
  • Fleet scheduling process in future years
  • Methods for reducing the time between proposal award and project scheduling
  • Review long-term recommendations from Marcia McNutt’s ad-hoc committee.  Determine if further action is required.
  • Global Class Mid-Life Refits?  What are the needs and possibilities?
• Other Agency and CORE Reports:
  • USCG - John Berkson
  • Department of State - Elizabeth Tirpak
  • CORE – (presenter?)
  • Others

• Other Facility Planning: Alvin Replacement Status – Dolly Dieter
• Open Discussion and Identification of Fleet Renewal Issues that require Council Attention

• FOFC Fleet Renewal Plan Update – Beth White and/or Bob Houtman
• FIC Meeting Summary and Fleet Improvement Plan Update - Dave Hebert

• Marcus Langseth Conversion Status (Jim Cochran)
• Hugh R. Sharp outfitting status and designation (A. DeSilva)
• Seward Johnson II modifications and designation (A. DeSilva)
• Weatherbird II Retirement status (A. DeSilva)

1540    FIC Meeting Adjourns

 

This concludes the joint meeting of the FIC and Council.  The Council Meeting will continue with the Council agenda items <http://www.unols.org/meetings/2006/200603cnc/200603cncag.html>.  FIC members are welcome to stay for these discussions.