Revised:  February 5, 2008

Tentative Agenda

The UNOLS Council

The University of South Florida

Marine Science Lab - Room 134 (Conference Room)
St.
Petersburg
, FL

February 7-8, 2008

 

The location of the Marine Science Lab is shown on the campus map at <usfmap.pdf>.  Please use the main entrance on the south end of the building.

 

A pdf of this agenda is available at <200802cncag.pdf>

 

Day 1 – Thursday, February 7th

 

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 2007 Council Meeting.

 

0845    UNOLS 2008 Fleet schedules, estimated operation costs, and 2009 ship scheduling – Mike Prince and Stan Winslow

 

0915    Agency Reports – Budgets, Personnel changes, and renewal efforts:

·         NSF – Dolly Dieter

-          Budget projections

-          Personnel Changes

-          Regional Class Acquisition Status, Operator Selection, and Timeline

·         NOAA - Bill O’Clock

·         NAVY

-          Budget projections

-          Ocean Class Acquisition Process

 

0945    Fleet Improvement, Facility Design, Construction, and Conversion Efforts 

-          Summary of FIC Meeting and Fleet Improvement Plan – Dave Hebert

-          Marcus Langseth –Jim Cochran

-          ARRV – Marc Willis

-          Replacement HOV Status – Dolly Dieter

 

1015    Break

 

1030    Interagency Working Group on Facilities – Future Initiatives (Bob Winokur)

 

1045    International Cruise Information Database and Website - POGO-CoML initiative to set up an International Cruise Information Database and website (Maureen Conte and Mike Prince)

 

1100    2007/2008 UNOLS Goals and Priorities – Develop strategies for implementing the 2007/2008 UNOLS Goals and Priorities <http://www.unols.org/info/issues.html>. (Marcia McNutt)

·         Enlarge the group of supporters for the UNOLS fleet (capitalization and operations).

·         Extend planning horizon to meet future infrastructure needs.

·         Continuously work to lower barriers to effective use of UNOLS ships.

-          American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guidelines – Final Draft was circulated for review and Council endorsement.

-          Harassment at Sea –Discussion on UNOLS plans to address this issue and future actions.  (Marcia McNutt)

 

This concludes the joint meeting of the FIC and Council.

1230    Lunch

 

1330    Consortium for Ocean Leadership – Summary of first meeting and items of interest to UNOLS (Marcia McNutt)

 

1345    Code of Conduct for Marine Scientific Research Vessels – Discussion on UNOLS policy.

 

1415    Crew and Marine Technician Retention and Hiring Issues – Proposed strategies for addressing these issues will be presented (Matt Hawkins and Bill Martin)

 

1515    Break

 

1530    Ad-hoc Committee on Data Management Best Practices – Status report of their efforts.

 

1545    Request for Proposals to Host the UNOLS Office - Discuss procedures for review of proposals and make preliminary plans for a selection committee.

 

1615    UNOLS Dues Accounting – Consider raising dues.

 

1630    Radio Frequency Spectrum Management – Status report of survey efforts (Bill Martin)

 

1645    Safety Standards for Human Occupied Vehicles – Status report (Annette DeSilva)

 

1700    Adjourn Day 1


 

Day 2, Friday, February 8th: 

 

0800    Coffee and Pastries

 

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

 

0845    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: <CommRpts_Feb08.pdf>

-          FIC (Dave Hebert)

-          AICC (Carin Ashjian)

-          DESSC (Annette DeSilva)

-          RVOC (Matt Hawkins)

-          RVTEC (Bill Martin)

-          SCOAR (Mike Prince)

-          SSC (Stan Winslow)

-          MLSOC (Mike Prince)

 

1015    Break

 

1030    NAS Study on Ocean Infrastructure – Information on the status and scope of effort. (Shirley Pomponi)

 

1100    Revisit Discussions or Actions from earlier in the meeting

 

1130    Other Business:

·         Annual meeting:

-          Date

-          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 2008

 

1230    Opportunity for Additional Reports

 

1300    Adjourn