Revised: March 12, 2010
Tentative Agenda
UNOLS COUNCIL MEETING
University of Southern Mississippi
Department of Marine Science Facility
NASA's John C.
Stennis Space Center
Tuesday, March 30th: Joint session of the FIC and Council
0800 Coffee
and Pastries
0830 Call the Meeting: Vernon Asper, UNOLS Chair, will call the
meeting to order and provide an opportunity for introductions.
0845 UNOLS 2010 Fleet schedules and science
operations, estimated operation costs, and 2011 ship scheduling – Jon
Alberts and Liz Caporelli
0915 Agency Reports – Budget projections,
ARRA funding, facility renewal plans (Ocean Class, ARRV, and Regional Class), agency
initiatives:
·
NSF – Bob Houtman
o
Equipment Pools – Vans, winches, and
wire – Matt Hawkins
·
NOAA
·
NAVY – Tim
Schnoor
0945 Summary of Fleet Improvement Committee
Meeting and Action Items – Clare Reimers
1000 An Ocean Infrastructure Strategy for U.S.
Ocean Research in 2030 – The National
Research Council has formed a committee to provide advice on the
types of U.S. ocean infrastructure that will facilitate research in 2030. The project scope and committee membership
can be viewed at http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=49139
. – Peter Wiebe
1020 Break
1040 Interagency Working Group on Facilities – Report on the IWG-F
activities and plans
1055 Consortium for Ocean Leadership – Report on Ocean Leadership items of interest to UNOLS.
1110 Greening
of the Fleet – Bruce Corliss
1200 This concludes the joint meeting of the FIC
and Council.
Lunch
Break
1300 Proposed
formation of a new UNOLS Standing Committee - Ocean Observing Science
Committee (OOSC) – The draft terms of reference for the proposed OOSC will be
distributed prior to the Council Meeting.
The Council’s consideration of the terms and OOSC membership is
requested. – Bob Houtman
1330 Antarctic Research Vessels and UNOLS/AICC – Vernon Asper will report on efforts to form an ad
hoc committee to make recommendations for enhanced collaboration or potential
merger between the AICC and ARVOC. He will review the draft charge for the
ad hoc committee.
1355 –
Mid-Afternoon Break and Stennis Space Center Tour
1500 The Status of UNOLS On-Going Activities and
Issues - Summaries of the following items will be provided. There will be opportunity for Council
comments or discussion.
·
Marine Technician
Recruitment and Retention Program – Report on program status, goals, and plans – Jon Alberts
·
Post Cruise Assessment Report (PCAR) Subcommittee – update on membership
and plans for 2010 - Bob Collier
·
Gender Climate at Sea – Update on Voluntary On-Line Training - Kenneth Coale
·
Rolling deck to Repository (R2R) Project – Status report of their efforts. - Jon Alberts
·
Ad Hoc Committee on Alternative Mechanisms for Funding
Ships - Investigate the feasibility of a more flexible UNOLS
to meet the
needs of additional users. - Vernon
Asper
·
UNOLS
Outreach/Mentoring Initiatives –
Discuss ideas for moving forward with a UNOLS mentoring program – Annette
DeSilva
·
UNOLS Involvement at Future Science Meetings - Explore the possibility of an AGU session on the UNOLS
Fleet. – Annette DeSilva
1700 Adjourn Day 1
Day-2: Wednesday, March 31st
0800 Coffee
and Pastries
0830 Open
Day-2 of the Meeting: Vernon Asper, UNOLS Chair, will reconvene the
meeting.
0840 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.
·
SCOAR (Dan Schwartz)
·
FIC (Clare Reimers)
·
SSC (Liz Caporelli)
·
AICC (Robin Muench)
·
DESSC (Peter Girguis)
·
RVOC (Pete Zerr)
·
RVTEC (Rich Findley)
·
MLSOC
(Graham Kent)
1030 Break
1050 Other Business:
·
UNOLS Charter and
Committee Review
·
Form Nominating
Committee to review Council membership and positions opening, and to recruit
individuals to stand for election in 2010.
·
Annual meeting:
o
Date
o
Keynote Speaker
suggestions
·
UNOLS Council
Summer Phone/Web Meeting – Dates
1130 Opportunity for Additional Reports
1200 Adjourn