October 12, 2010

 

UNOLS ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday and Friday, October 14-15, 2010

The National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Stafford II, Room 555
Arlington, VA 22230

A pdf verions of this agenda is available at <201010anuag.pdf>

Annual Meeting - Day 1

 

1300    Introduction and Welcome – Vernon Asper, UNOLS Chair, will call the meeting to order.

·         Participant introductions.

·         Moment of silence in remembrance of Dr. John Diebold

·         UNOLS Vessel Operations in response to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (Vernon Asper)

 

1320    Federal Agency Reports - Information from Federal Agencies (NSF, ONR, NRL, Oceanographer of the Navy, NOAA, USCG, USGS, BOEMRE, DOS and DOE) on budgets, 2010 activities, and forecasts for 2011 and beyond.

 

1350    Fleet Operations in 2010 and Recommendations for 2011:

·         Summary of 2010 operations and the 2011 scheduling process (Stan Winslow, SSC)

·         Summary of Agency Recommendations for 2011 Fleet Operations (Bob Houtman/Jon Alberts)

 

1415    Facility Renewal Activities:

·         Ocean Class Acquisition Update – Mike Prince, Chris MacDonald, and Caitlin Jarecki

·         Regional Class Acquisition Status – Bob Houtman

·         Alaska Region Research Vessel, R/V Sikuliaq, Construction Status – Terry Whitledge

 

1445    Break

 

1500    Keynote Address:

~ 3:00 PM ~

Keynote Address

Dr. David O. Conover

Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, NSF
“NSF Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Eruption”

 

1545    Facility Renewal Activities (continued):

·         Ocean Observatories Initiative – Jean McGovern (10 min)

·         Replacement Human Occupied Vehicle Project – Brian Midson (5 min)

 

1600    DEep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) – Peter Girguis, DESSC Chair, will report on DESSC activities and plans for their fall meeting in December.

1610    Consortium for Ocean Leadership – Bob Gagosian will provide an update on activities.

 

1620    Review of UNOLS Membership Ballot Measures:  Ballots were distributed to UNOLS Representatives by mail in early September. – Annette DeSilva

·         UNOLS Council Elections: Elections for the following UNOLS Council positions for Chair-Elect (2 year term), Non-Operator Representative (3 year term), and At-Large Representative (3 year term) will be held.  The slate of nominees can be viewed at: <http://www.unols.org/meetings/2010/201010anu/Slate2010.html>.

·         Establishment of a new UNOLS Standing Committee – The Ocean Observing Science Committee (OOSC).  The proposed terms of reference for the OOSC are available at <http://www.unols.org/meetings/2010/201010anu/OOSC_Terms.pdf>.

·         UNOLS Charter Revisions and Re-Adoption – Proposed revisions to the UNOLS Charter are available at <http://www.unols.org/meetings/2010/201010anu/CharterRevision2010.html> .

 

1635    Greening the UNOLS Fleet – An update on activities and future plans. – Bruce Corliss

 

1700    Adjourn – Day 1

 

An evening reception hosted by UNOLS will follow immediately afterward.

 


 

Annual Meeting – Day 2

 

0800    Coffee and Pastries

 

0830    Call Day-2 of the Meeting to Order:  Vernon Asper, UNOLS Chair.

 

0835    Marine Technician Recruitment and Retention Pilot Program – An update on the UNOLS pilot program status. – Alice Doyle and Jim Holik

 

0845    Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) – An update on the project activities and plans. – Vicki Ferrini (LDEO)

 

0900    NSF Solicitation for USCGC Healy Ship Support – Renee Crain

 

0910    Interagency Working Group on Facilities – Update on the 2009 IWG-F activities and plans for 2010 – Bob Winokur

 

0925    2010/2011 UNOLS Goals and Priorities – Vernon Asper will present the 2010/2011 UNOLS Goals and Priorities as established by the UNOLS Council.

 

0935    UNOLS Evaluation of Decline in Ship Time Requests – Annette DeSilva

 

0950    “UNOLS Year in Review” - A summary of UNOLS activities in 2010 (that have not already been reported)

·         3rd Large Facility Workshop – Jon Alberts

·         Investigate the feasibility of a more flexible UNOLS – Jon Alberts

·         Antarctic Research Vessels Coordination and UNOLS – Jon Alberts

·         Post Cruise Assessment Report (PCAR) Subcommittee – Jon Alberts

·         Gender Climate at Sea – Voluntary on-line training effort – Jon Alberts

·         UNOLS Outreach/Mentoring Initiatives – Annette DeSilva

 

1020    Morning Break

1035    COMMITTEE REPORTS – Vernon Asper will introduce the UNOLS Committee Chairs who will report on their activities.

·         Ship Scheduling Committee (SSC) – Stan Winslow, SSC Chair, will review any ship-scheduling activities from the past year that have not already been reported.

·         Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC) – Clare Reimers, Chair, will summarize the activities from the FIC meeting held on October 13th and report on future activities.

·         Research Vessel Operators' Committee (RVOC) – Joe Malbrough, RVOC Chair-Elect, will review the highlights of the 2010 RVOC meeting, Committee activities over the past year, and plans for the 2011 meeting.

·         Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC) – Rich Findley, RVTEC Chair, will report on RVTEC activities in 2010 and plans for the RVTEC Annual Meeting to be hosted by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science.

·         Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC) –AICC activities in 2010 will be reported by Robin Muench (AICC Chair) including an update on science operations for Healy and the Polar Class Icebreakers in 2010 and planned for 2011. 

·         Marcus Langseth Science Oversight Committee (MLSOC) – Jon Alberts will provide an update on R/V Langseth operations and plans for the MLSOC fall meetings.

·         Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR) –Daniel Schwartz (SCOAR Chair) will report on the committee’s June meeting and future activities.

 

1155    UNOLS Reports – Jon Alberts

·         Recognition of departing Council and Committee members.

·         UNOLS Appointments to Committees: The UNOLS Chair will announce new appointments to the standing committees.

·         UNOLS Dues Accounting

·         UNOLS Calendar and activities at winter conferences

 

1210    Meeting participants will have the opportunity to raise additional issues. 

 

1230    Adjourn