Revised: October 26, 2008

 

Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee Meeting

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

October 28-30, 2008 (Tuesday-Thursday)

 

Early Meeting Registration is Appreciated (Deadline is October 15th)
To register, go to: <http://www.unols.org/meetings/2008/200810rvt/_registration_2008.asp>

A pdf copy of this agenda is available at <200810rvtag.pdf>

Monday October 27th  -- COAPS, R. M. Johnson Building   Rm 220

 

  8:30 am          SWAP Focus Group   Toby Martin-Facilitator

11:30 am          End SWAP Focus Group Session

 

  1:00 pm          HiSeasNet Focus Group   Steve Foley-Facilitator

  4:30 pm          End HiSeasNet Focus Group Session

 

  5:30 pm          Pre-meeting check-in – Hotel Lobby – Annette DeSilva

  6:30 pm          End pre-meeting check-in

 

Tuesday October 28th – Research Foundation Area – Building A, Room 120

 

   8:00 am         Meeting Check-in and Informal Discussion

 

   8:30 am         Meeting Called to Order

·         Welcome by Shawn Smith

·         COAPS Welcome

·         Introductory Remarks by Stewart Lamerdin, RVTEC Vice-Chair

   8:50 am         RVTEC Participant Introduction

 

   9:00 am         Accept 2007 RVTEC Minutes

 

   9:05 am         RVTEC Chair Election – Candidates Announcement (Marc Willis)

 

   9:10 am         Agency Reports - Issues specifically targeted to the RVTEC group

·         ONR – Tim Schnoor

·         USCG – Jon Berkson

·         NOAA

·         NSF – Jim Holik

  9:45 am          UNOLS Reports

·         FIC – Marc Willis

·         RVOC and Safety Committee – Stewart Lamerdin & Annette DeSilva

·         AICC – Steve Hartz

·         All Others (DESSC, SCOAR, MLSOC) – Brief reports if desired

·         Post Cruise Assessment Report (PCAR) Subcommittee – Mary-Lynn Dickson

·         RVTEC Charter Review http://www.unols.org/info/ucharter.html#annexV – Annette DeSilva

·         RVTEC nominations for following Committees and Subcommittees:

§         RVOC/Safety Committee

§         PCAR Subcommittee

§         Education and Training Subcommittee

10:15 am          Break

 

10:35 am          Ship Updates

·         Regional Class Steering Committee Update – Stewart Lamerdin

·         Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV) –Steve Hartz and Marc Willis

·         Ocean Class Research Vessel Acquisition Status – Marc Willis

 11:00 am         RF Frequency Spectrum Management Committee Status Report – Richard Perry

 

 11:10 am         UNOLS Council Address – Vernon Asper (UNOLS Council Chair)

 

 11:40 am         INMARTECH 2008 Report – Tim McGovern

 

 12:00 pm         Lunch

 

   1:30 am         SWAP General & Focus Group Report – Toby Martin

 

   1:50 pm         HiSeasNet Report – Steve Foley

·         Report from Focus Group meeting and General Discussion

 

   2:15 pm         Alliance for Coastal Technology (ACT) – Ali Hudon

·         Past and ongoing ocean sensor comparison tests 
·         On-line technology forum
·         Best practices guides for ocean sensors

 

   2:45 pm         Break

 

   3:05 pm         Pilot Program – Fleet Broadband – Dave Fisichella

 

   3:25 pm         SAMOS Update – Shawn Smith

 

   3:55 pm         UHDAS and ADCP update – Julia Hummon

 

   4:10 pm         Legacy Data Workshop Report – Bob Arko

·         Report and discussion on the current progress for automated transfer of metadata and instrumentation data

 

  5:00 pm          Adjourn Day 1

 

 

Wednesday October 29th – Research Foundation Area – Building A, Room 120

 

   7:30 am         Bus pick-up at Ramada Inn (for participants traveling to Marine Lab Tour and Dinner)

 

   8:00 am         Coffee and Informal Discussion

 

   8:30 am         Call to Order & Announcements

 

   8:40 am         Crew Retention Initiative Update – Stewart Lamerdin

 

   9:40 am         How-To Manuals – Stewart Lamerdin

·         Who has manuals explaining how to: dredge, box core, piston core, net tow, terminations, etc

·         Should we appoint committees of 2-3 individuals to collect what’s out there and create a single manual?

 

 10:00 am         Break

 

 10:20 am         Safe Working Load Spreadsheet – Rich Findley

 

 11:15 am         Wire Workshop – Rich Findley

 

 11:30 am         MATE Report

 

 12:00 pm         Lunch

 

   1:00 pm         Bus Departs for Research Foundation Area for FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory & Dinner

 

   2:30 pm         FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory Tour

 

   4:30 pm         Bus departs for Angelo’s Restaurant

 

   5:00 pm         Arrive at Angelo’s for Reception (cash bar)

 

   6:00 pm         Angelo’s Dinner

 

   8:00 pm         Bus departs Angelo’s for Ramada Inn

 

   9:30 pm        Bus arrives at Ramada Inn

 

Thursday October 30th – Research Foundation Area – Building A, Room 120

 

   8:00  am        Coffee and General Discussion

 

   8:30 am         Call to Order and Announcements

 

   8:40 am         Determine Host Institution for 2009 RVTEC Meeting

 

   9:00 am         RVTEC Chair Nominations – Marc Willis

·         Introduce the nominees

 

   9:15 am         Show & Tell Presentations

·         Pumped Mocness – Rich Findley

·         Pressure Actuated Line Cutter – Dave Fisichella

·         Alternative winch/wire monitoring system using National Instruments hardware and software – Jim Lovin

·         Using SmokePing as a monitoring tool – Toby Martin

·         SAMOS Metadata Interface-Data providers can manipulate their vessels' metadata as soon as parameter designators, instruments or instrument locations change. Demonstration of its functionality. – Jeremy Rolph

·         Two-ship SWAP in the Arctic – Dale Chayes

 

11:30 am          Chair Election Results

 

12:00 pm          Adjourn Day 3

 

RVTEC Manager Roundtable Discussion :

 

COAPS, R.M. Johnson Building – Room 220

 

   1:00 pm         Discussion Topics

·         ADCP Phoenix 4 Program Report

·         Pilot Program – Fleet Broadband – Dave Fisichella

·         Defined Levels of Technical Services – Did you enter your data??? http://unolsweb.cms.udel.edu/STRS/Public/diu_login.aspx

·         NSF Goals and Objectives – Jim Holik