UNOLS COUNCIL
MEETING
8:30 A.M., Thursday, 11 October 2007
National Science Foundation, Stafford
1 - Room 375
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Please note: The Council Meeting agenda may be revised prior
to the meeting for additions and time adjustments. Please check this web page periodically for
the latest meeting plans. A PDF version
of this agenda is available at: <200710cncag.pdf>
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 July 2007 Council Meeting.
Only those items
requiring Council attention will be discussed during the morning Council
meeting. Informational reports will be
provided during the UNOLS Annual Meeting.
0845 Subcommittee Report on Recommendations on 2008
Ship Operations – The Ad-hoc committee of Mary Jane Perry (Chair),
Vernon Asper, and Marcia McNutt, will report on the status of their 2008
recommendations on Ship Lay-ups and Early Retirements. (Mary Jane Perry)
0915 Ad-hoc
committee on Data Management Best Practices
– The ad-hoc committee will provide a written report that presents their
task statement to inventory best practices for capturing and archiving data
and metadata. The report will also provide a status report of their efforts.
(Marcia McNutt will summarize the report.)
0945 Crew
and Marine Technician Retention and Hiring Issues – Proposed strategies for addressing these issues will
be presented (Matt Hawkins and Bill Martin)
1030 Code of Conduct for Marine Scientific
Research Vessels – At the request of
the delegates present at last year’s International Ship Operators Meeting,
Dennis Nixon developed a document with colleagues from the
1045 Harassment at Sea – There has been recent
incidents of sexual harassment at sea.
Discussion on UNOLS plans to address this issue and future actions. (Marcia McNutt)
1110 2007/2008 UNOLS Goals and Priorities – The
draft 2007/2008 UNOLS Goals and Priorities will be reviewed for endorsement by
the UNOLS Council. (Marcia McNutt)
1125 Frequency Spectrum
Management –
At the last Council meeting the RVTEC was tasked with preparing a written
preliminary status report of the Fleet’s RF spectrum use based on the findings
of the subcommittee. In turn, Peter
Wiebe was asked to forward the status report to Dr Otis Brown and seek his
advice on the steps that should be taken next.
Status report (Bill Martin and Peter Wiebe)
1135 R/V M.G.
Langseth UNOLS Vessel Designation – A letter of approval was sent to LDEO with
contingencies for successful completions of reflagging, conversion and NSF
inspection. The status of the designation will be provided (A report on the
conversion effort will be provided during the Annual meeting). (John
Diebold)
1145 UNOLS
Council Winter Meeting – dates and
location
1155 Committee Activities and Issues requiring Council Attention - Committee Chairs and Council Members will
have an opportunity to raise any issues requiring Council attention.
1200 Adjourn