Draft rev 14 may 2008

Agenda

The UNOLS Marcus Langseth Science Oversight Committee Meeting

May 20-21, 2008 (Tue-Wed)
(Tuesday-Wednesday)

UCSD - Scripps - Nimitz Marine Facility (MARFAC)
297 Rosecrans Street
San Diego, CA 92106-3505

Directions: http://shipsked.ucsd.edu/marfac/direction/

DAY 1

May 20th - Tuesday

08:00   Continental Breakfast

08:30   Introductions, overview of meeting agenda - Steve Holbrook, MLSOC Chair

08:45  Current Status and Challenges

  LDEO perspective - Mike Purdy, Paul Ljunggren and Al Walsh

    ⁃ M.G. Langseth conversion status and major remaining items

    ⁃ M.G. Langseth operations and maintenance issues

    ⁃ Technical support and personnel issues

    ⁃ Schedule overview and planned maintenance periods

    ⁃ Issues to be addressed by MLSOC

  NSF perspective - Jim Holik, Linda Goad and Bill Lang

    ⁃ Budget, Permitting, technical support and Scheduling issues

    ⁃ Issues to be addressed by MLSOC

  MLSOC perspective - Steve Holbrook

    ⁃ Overview of first cruises - successes and significance of data collection capabilities

    ⁃ Identify key areas of concern

    ⁃ List of recommendations from first cruise

    ⁃ Recommendations_MGL0804_13March08.doc

    - Dolan recommendations

    ⁃ Finishing 3-D shakedown vs full maintenance period

    ⁃ Areas of concern and agenda items from MLSOC Committee members

    ⁃ Role of MLSOC going forward and key agenda items for committee

11:30  Lunch

12:30  Visit M.G. Langseth at MARFAC

    Familiarize MLSOC and NSF with current condition of the vessel and science outfitting

    Identify major work items for near term

    Identify longer term improvement items

14:30 Key Issues

    Conversion and Repair Work Items

    Instrumentation and equipment

    Habitability

            - accommodations

            - leisure space

16:00  Personnel and Technical Support

    Key personnel and plans for recruitment/retention

    Strategy for supporting next year's cruises

    Recommendations for standard technical staffing

    Provide input on support to be provided ashore/online and onboard for data acquisition planning, collection and processing

    Organization/staffing of OMO

    Plans for training for technical staff

    Plans for review/promotion pathways of technical staff

17:00  MLSOC Executive Session (non-LDEO members)

   

DAY 2

May 21 - Wednesday

08:00   Continental Breakfast

08:30 Shakedown & Calibration cruises

        Results and need for followup

        Formal reports and public information

09:30  Scheduling

    Ability to conduct the 3-D cruise for Mutter in June

    Adequate Maintenance periods

    Plans for 2009 and beyond

11:00 Equipment to be requested in upcoming equipment proposals

    Status and plans for hardware and software for shipboard seismic processing by PI's

    LDEO plans

    MLSOC input and recommendations

12:00 Lunch

12:30 MMO Issues

     Tower/exhaust

    Recommendations for future PI's

    Clarity of IHA

    Legal status of Biological Opinion

13:30 MLSOC Outreach and Community Input to MLSOC

    Establishment of web forum

    Procedures and policies for PI/Chief Sci feedback/debrief's

    Determine efforts needed to get community input and to define MLSOC ombudsman role

    EOS Article

14:30 Miscellany

    Streamer length for 2D -- 8 km max?  Under what conditions?

    Opening up MGL to non-NSF use -- strategies?

    Work boat

    Guns/IO consultant for Digishot

15:30 Future plans for MLSOC action items and activities

    Compile, review and create report of MLSOC prioritized recommendations and action items

    Establish a system of codified Recommendations from MLSOC to LDEO

    Establishment of subcommittees -- any needed?  (e.g., Data Flow; Continuing Issues)

    Accept minutes of December meeting

    Dates and location for next meeting

    Plans for community outreach or town hall meetings

    Review of membership status