Revision: March 16, 2007

 

 

Tentative Agenda

UNOLS Council Meeting

March 21-22, 2007 (Wednesday and Thursday)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
March 21st, Wednesday - 8:30AM-5PM in the T-29 Martin Johnson House, La Jolla.

March 22nd, Thursday - 8:30AM-Noon in the Marine Facilities conference room, Point Loma.

 

A copy of these minutes can be downloaded as a PDF file at <200703cncag.pdf>.

 

Wed Mar 21: The UNOLS Council will meet jointly with the Fleet Improvement Committee

 

0800 Coffee and Pastries

 

0830 Call the Meeting:  Marcia McNutt, UNOLS Chair, will call the meeting to order and provide an opportunity for introductions.

·         Accept the minutes of the October 2006 Council Meeting.

 

0845 Agency Reports, Budget Projections, Future Fleet Utilization, and Fleet Renewal Activities –

·         NSF – (Dolly Dieter)

-          Budget projections

-          Regional Class Acquisition Status, Operator Selection, and Timeline

-          ARRV Funding Status

·         NOAA - (Beth White)

·         NAVY – (Bob Houtman)

-          Budget projections, Utilization and FY07 plus-up plans

-          Ocean Class Acquisition Process

-          Status of Design Funds and Timeline

·         Other Agency Reports:

 

0945    Fleet Renewal Plans:

·         IWG-F Fleet Renewal Plan Update – Bob Winokur

·         FIC Meeting Summary and Fleet Improvement Plan Recommendations - Dave Hebert

 

1100    Facility Design, Construction, and Conversion Efforts

·         UNOLS Facilities:

-          Marcus Langseth Conversion Status (Steve Holbrook/John Diebold/Jim Cochran)

-          Replacement HOV Replacement Status (Bob Detrick)

·         Non UNOLS Facilities:

-          Ocean Observatories (Bob Detrick)

-          USCG Icebreakers (Margo Edwards)

 

1140    American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guidelines – Terry Whitledge will review the draft Guidelines and future plans.

 

1200    Lunch Break

 

This concludes the joint meeting of the FIC and Council.
FIC members are welcome to stay for these discussions.

 

 

1300    2007 Recommendations on Ship Lay-Ups and Early Retirements

·         The Ad-hoc committee of Vernon Asper (Chair), Eileen Hofmann, and Mary Jane Perry will report on their 2007 recommendations on Ship Lay-ups and Early Retirements.    (Mary Jane Perry will report)

·         Discussion on process and plans for 2008

 

1330    UNOLS Fleet 2007 schedules, estimated operation costs, and 2008 ship scheduling – (Rose Dufour, Liz Brenner, and Mike Prince)

 

1400    CORE and JOI Merger – Future organization and implications for UNOLS (Marcia McNutt)

 

1430    Break

 

1445    New UNOLS Web Page - "Watchstander Opportunities" (Annette DeSilva)

 

1500    UNOLS 2006/2007 Issues and Objectives – A review and discussion on the status of this year’s objectives <http://www.unols.org/info/issues.html - objectives> and any actions that are needed to move forward (Marcia McNutt)

 

1545    UNOLS On-Going Activities:

 

·         PCA Subcommittee Report – review report by Curt Collins – appoint new subcommittee members and chair.

·         UNOLS STR/Scheduling Database – Mike Prince

 

  • Safety Standards for Human Occupied Vehicles – Annette DeSilva

 

  • UNOLS Brochure – Mike Prince

 

·         Frequency Spectrum Management – Status of RVTEC subcommittee efforts to liaison and provide input to CORF, Government managers and Otis Brown. (Bill Martin)

 

·         Gender Climate at sea – Update on RVOC’s actions (Tim Askew)

 

·         RVOC Safety Committee Activities – Tim Askew

·         Codes of Conduct - The Impact of Scientific Studies on the Environment – Mike Prince

 

1700    Adjourn Day One – Council Meeting

Evening Reception hosted by Scripps Oceanographic Institution

Day 2:  Council Meeting

 

0800    Coffee and Pastries

 

0830    Call the Meeting:  Marcia McNutt, UNOLS Chair, will call Day 2 of the meeting to order.

 

0845    Interagency Working Group on Facilities – Future Initiatives (Bob Winokur or Bob Houtman)

 

0900    Committee Activities and Issues requiring Council Attention: Committee Chairs will have an opportunity to raise any other issues requiring Council attention.  Written reports will be available in advance of the meeting <CommitteeReports_Mar07.pdf>.

-          AICC (Margo Edwards)

-          DESSC (Michael Tryon)

-          FIC (Dave Hebert – Report was provided earlier in meeting.)

-          RVOC (Tim Askew)

-          RVTEC (Bill Martin)

-          SCOAR (Carl Friehe)

-          SSC (Rose Dufour)

-          MLSOC (Steve Holbrook)

 

1015    Break

 

1030    Revisit Discussions or Actions from earlier in the meeting

 

1100    Other Business:

·         Annual meeting:

-          Date – October 11 & 12, 2007

-          New Format to reduce redundancy and increase participation

-          Keynote Speaker suggestions

·         Form Nominating Committee to review Council membership and positions opening, and to recruit individuals to stand for election.

·         Calendar of UNOLS meetings for 2007

 

1130    Opportunity for Additional Reports:

·         Agency Representatives

·         Council Members

 

1200    Adjourn