Revised: October 2, 2006

Tentative Agenda

UNOLS FLEET IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

October 4, 2006
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1235
Arlington, VA 22230

A copy of this agenda can be downloaded as a pdf at <200610ficag.pdf>.

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

· Accept the minutes of the March 2006 FIC Meeting.

· Review FIC Action/Task List from March meeting

0845 Fleet Renewal Activities:

· Regional Class Acquisition Status – (Mike Reeve)

· Alaska Region Research Vessel – (Mike Reeve)

· Ocean Class Acquisition Process Status and Timeline (Bob Houtman)

0915 FOFC (pending name change to IWG-F) Long-Range Fleet Renewal Plan Status and Recommendations (Bob Houtman)

0945 Ocean Observatories – Status report on facility needs, timeline and implementation plans:

· ORION – Kendra Daly

· IOOS

1030 Break

1045 Global Science Mission Requirements (SMRs) Update

1130 American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guidelines – Review workshop recommendations and project status. (Terry Whitledge)

1200 Lunch

1300 Fleet Improvement Plan (FIP)– The remainder of the meeting will be devoted primarily to the Fleet Improvement Plan (Dave Hebert)

(there will be a mid-afternoon break)

1615 Opportunity for Additional Reports and Discussions

1630 Review FIC Action Items and Assignments (Dave Hebert)

1645 Other business