DRAFT AGENDA

Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC) Meeting
January 9 & 10, 2007
Coast Guard Integrated Support Center
Seattle, WA
January 9 & 10, 2007  (Tuesday and Wednesday)

SCHEDULE FOR MEETING

á      Day 1: 0830-1700
o        0800 Continental breakfast
o        0830 Start meeting
o        1015-1030 morning break
o        1200-1300 lunch
o        1430-1445 afternoon break
o        Afternoon - visit to shipyard?
á      Day 2: 0830-1200
o        0800 Continental breakfast
o        0830 Start meeting
o        1015-1030 morning break
o        1200 Adjourn

Agenda Detail

Welcome and Introductions
á      AICC Chair Margo Edwards
General business & reports
á      Review and approve minutes of last meeting
á      Chair report
o        AICC Action items (Margo Edwards)
á      UNOLS Reports
o        UNOLS (Mike Prince)
o        Committee reports by liaison representatives or Mike Prince as appropriate.

á      Agency Reports

o        NSF/OPP/Arctic (R. Crain by phone)
o        NOAA
o        ARC (John Farrell)
o        Others???

á      USCG reports

o        Coast Guard Headquarters

o        Pacific Area - Alameda & Seattle

á      ARVOC Report (Jim Swift)

 

Summary of Icebreaker Retreat
á      AICC Action Items
á      NSF Action Items
á      USCG Action Items
Operations, scheduling and planning for 2007 and beyond
á      2007 Dry-dock
o      Visit to Shipyard - timing to be determined
á      HEALY 2007 Cruises
o        BEST
o        Lovvorn/Grebmeier/Cooper Cruise/NSF
o        Mayer mapping cruise/NOAA
o        Open period plans

á      HEALY Scheduling Update (Dave Forcucci)

o        2008 Plans and Availability (Forcucci)
o        IPY Plans
o        Funded project status (NSF, NOAA, Others)
Interactions with others - clearances, permits, native communities
á      AEWC meeting and relations with northern communities
á      Clearance issues for HEALY
á      Permits
Review of past programs, recommendations and responses

á      Summary of HEALY 2006 Post-Cruise Debriefs: (Margo Edwards)

o        New recommendations and action items

á      Status of NIC debriefs

HEALY Science Modifications, Infrastructure and Equipment
á      Improved Multibeam System (Stanclik)

á      HEALY (Chayes)

o        Multibeam improvement issues
o        Seawater systems
o        SB2112 support
o        Fiber-Optic 0.68 cable
o        Terascan
o        ADCPs status
o        Environmentally controlled rooms
o        Lab Space redesigns
o        Next step is to get recomendations from AICC
o        Others?

á      Equipment purchases (Forcucci)

o        Update on equipment for 2007
o        Plans/requirements for 2008
á      Incorporating AICC input into HEALY improvements
Science operations and technical support
á      Ongoing services
o        Science Data Network – (Rich Saunders)
o        Website/cruise planning manual (Dave Forcucci)
o        Science Technical Support (Dale/Dave)
á      Plans and team for 2007
á      RFP for ongoing support
á      Other issues??
AICC business and other issues
á      AICC membership
o      New members
o      New Chair
á      Future Meetings