Wednesday, October 10, 2007 from 8:30AM - 5PM

The National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230

A copy of this agenda can be downloaded as a pdf at <200710ficag.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 2007 FIC Meeting.

· Review FIC Action/Task List from the March meeting

0850 Opportunity for Agency Comments

· IWG-F Effort to Develop an Implementation Plan – Bob Winokur

0910 WHOI Long-Coring System – Development and Testing – Al Suchy or Bill Curry

0930 New Load Handling Systems (Dave Hebert)

· Status report on the acquisition of the new Load Handling System for Kilo Moana.

· Experiences with the Load Handling System aboard Hugh R. Sharp

0950 American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guidelines – Terry Whitledge will review the ADA Guidelines document.

1020 Break

1040 Global Science Mission Requirements (SMRs) Update (Dave Hebert)

· Review feedback received.

· Discuss next steps

1100 Ocean Class SMRs and Acquisition Process – The Ocean Class SMRs were revised and sent to ONR. Discuss next steps and identify any future actions for FIC. (Bob Houtman and Dave Hebert)

1115 New UNOLS Web Page – Volunteering and Cruise Opportunities – it is up and running! Review usage. (Annette DeSilva)

1125 UNOLS Ship Scheduling Model results (Mike Prince)

1200 Lunch

1300 Ocean Observatory Projections -Status report on timeline and implementation plans (Susan Banahan)

1330 Fleet Improvement Plan (FIP) Discussion (Dave Hebert)

- Review Working Draft and summarize any remaining assignments.

- Evaluate FIP Projections and develop Fleet Plan recommendations

A mid-afternoon break will be taken at about 1415.

1535 Other business

1545 Opportunity for Additional Reports

1555 Review FIC Action Items and Assignments (Dave Hebert)

1600 FIC Meeting Adjourns - A visit to the Proteus, a new prototype vessel, is planned immediately following the meeting. Information about the vessel is available at <http://www.wam-v.com/>. The vessel is located at: The Gangplank Marina, 600 Water Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024 <http://www.gangplank.com/>. Transportation will be via Metro. All meeting participants are welcome.