UNOLS ANNUAL
MEETING
8:30 A.M., Friday, 6 October 2006
National Science Foundation, Room 1235
4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA
Please note: The Annual Meeting agenda may be revised prior
to the meeting for additions and time adjustments. Please check this website periodically for
the latest meeting plans.
0800 Coffee and
Pastries
0830 Introduction
and Welcome - Peter Wiebe, UNOLS
Chair, will call the meeting to order and will give a brief summary of the
issues of current interest to UNOLS. He will also summarize the major
accomplishments within UNOLS over the last year. Participant introductions.
08:45 2007 Fleet
Operations: Budget Impacts and UNOLS
Recommendations – Peter Wiebe
will summarize UNOLS and Agency activities over the past year to address budget
shortfalls and its impact on fleet operations.
09:15 UNOLS Fleet
Renewal Activities:
·
Fleet Improvement Committee - Fleet Improvement
Plan update and Future Facility Utilization Projections – Dave Hebert (FIC
Chair)
·
Federal Agency plans for Fleet Renewal
Implementation:
-
National Science Foundation:
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Regional Class Design Acquisition Status and
Operator Selection
-
Alaska Region Research Vessel Acquisition Status
(NSF)
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R/V Marcus G. Langseth Conversion
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Replacement Human Occupied Vehicle
-
Ocean
Observatories Initiative
-
Ocean Class Acquisition Plans (ONR)
·
FOFC Fleet Renewal Plan Update –FOFC (IWG-F)
·
Announcement of Ship Retirements and
Presentation of the Ancient Albatross Award
10:10 UNOLS Membership Votes: Ballots will be distributed.
Application for UNOLS Membership
– Louisiana State University
UNOLS Elections:
Elections
for the following UNOLS Council positions will be held
·
Chair
Elect (2 year term) - individual affiliated with any UNOLS Member
Institution. At the completion of the
2-year term, the candidate will become the UNOLS Chair.
·
Operator
Representative (3 year term) - from among designated UNOLS Member Operator
institutions
·
Non-Operator
Representative (3 year term) - from among designated UNOLS Member Non-Operator
institutions
·
UNOLS Council Member At-large (3-year term)
At-large, affiliated with any Member Institution.
The slate of nominees can be viewed at: <http://www.unols.org/meetings/2006/200610anu/slate06.html>.
10:30 Federal Agency
and CORE Reports:
·
Federal
Reports - Information from Federal Agencies (NSF, ONR,
NRL, Oceanographer of the Navy, NOAA, USCG, USGS, MMS, DOS and DOE) on 2006
activities and forecasts for 2007 and beyond. Dr. Julie Morris (NSF) has been
invited to address the UNOLS membership
·
Consortium
for Oceanographic Research and Education – A report on
CORE activities of interest to UNOLS will be provided
11:00 COMMITTEE
REPORTS – Peter Wiebe will introduce the UNOLS Committee
Chairs who will report on their activities.
·
Ship
Scheduling Committee (SSC) – Rose Dufour, SSC Co-Chair, will review ship-scheduling
issues over the past year and the activities that took place in order to
establish 2007 schedules. The
recommendations from the October scheduling meeting will be presented.
·
Research
Vessel Operators' Committee (RVOC) – Tim Askew, Chair, will
review the highlights of the 2006 RVOC meeting and Committee activities over
the past year. Tim will report on RVOC’s
efforts to define safe working loads for wire use and to address the issue of
gender climate at sea will be reported.
·
Research
Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC) – Bill Martin, Chair, will report on RVTEC activities
in 2005/2006 and plans for the RVTEC Annual Meeting and
INMARTECH 2006 to be hosted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He will report on the subcommittee’s efforts
to address frequency spectrum management issues.
11:30 Lunch Break
.
~ 12:00 noon ~
Keynote Address
13:00 UNOLS Elections Results – Results will be announced.
13:10 Committee Reports – continued
·
Arctic
Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC) – Carin
Ashjian, AICC Vice-Chair, will report on the activities of the AICC in
2005/2006. She will report on science operations for Healy and the Polar
Class Icebreakers in 2006 and planned for 2007. Operational funding for Healy as well as plans for repairs
and service life extensions of the Polar Star and Polar Sea will
be discussed.
·
DEep
Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) – Deb Kelley, DESSC
Chair, will report on DESSC activities, the National Deep Submergence Facility
updates. Major issues such as establishing criteria for considering new assets
to the NDSF and the addition of ABE/Sentry to the Facility will be addressed. The status of efforts to establish safety
standards will be reported.
·
Scientific
Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR)
– John Bane, SCOAR Chair will report on the committee’s activities in
2005/2006, the first Aircraft Oceanographic Workshop and major initiatives for
the future.
Recognition of departing Council and
Committee members
14:15 2006/2007 UNOLS Goals and Priorities - Peter Wiebe will present the
2006/2007 UNOLS Goals and Priorities as established by the UNOLS Council.
14:30 Rear Admiral Landay, Chief of Naval Research will
address the UNOLS Membership.
15:00 UNOLS Other Business:
·
UNOLS Appointments to Committees: The UNOLS Chair will announce new appointments to the Executive Committee and
standing committees in accordance with the UNOLS Charter.
·
Marine Mammals and Acoustic Permitting Issues
·
Codes of Conduct – The Impact of Scientific
Studies on the Environment
·
UNOLS Briefing Package
·
UNOLS STR/Scheduling Database
·
UNOLS Dues Accounting
·
UNOLS Calendar and activities at winter conferences
·
UNOLS Members may wish to raise additional
issues.
Adjourn