~ Focus Groups will meet on Monday, November, 15th ~
~ An UHDAS + ADCP Workshop is offered on Friday, November, 19th ~
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Monday, November 15th -
Pre-meeting Focus Group Sessions:
Bus departs hotel to BIOS at 7:35 am and at
8:15 am
Morning Sessions:
8:30
am Satellite Communications Steve Foley
9:30
am Gulf of Mexico - Oil Spill Response Effort Aubri
Steele
10:30
am Break
10:45
pm Update
on the State of Multibeam Systems Dale Chayes
12:30
pm Lunch
Afternoon Session:
1:30
pm Rolling
Deck to Repository (R2R) Initiative R2R Group
·
SAMOS/Rea-time
Data (Shawn Smith)
·
R2R Event Log (Andy
Maffei)
·
R2R Directory
Structure (Bob Arko)
4:00
pm BGM-3
Gravimeters Gravimeter Best Practices James Kinsey and Dan Fornari
Bus depart BIOS to Hotel at 5:45 pm and at
6:30 pm
5:30 7:00 pm Pre-meeting
check-in Grotto Bay Lobby Annette DeSilva
Tuesday, November 16th
Bus departs hotel to BIOS at 7:35 am and at
8:15 am
8:30 am Meeting
Check-in and Informal Discussion
9:00 am Meeting Called to Order
·
Introductory
Remarks by Rich Findley, RVTEC Chair
·
Welcome
by BIOS
·
Accept
Minutes of the 2009 RVTEC Meeting
9:15 am RVTEC Participant Introduction
9:30 am Agency Reports - Issues specifically
targeted to the RVTEC group (areas of interest for the Tech Managers can be
presented during the round table)
·
NSF Jim Holik
·
ONR
Tim Schnoor
·
USCG Dave Forcucci
·
NOAA Mike Webb
10:00 am RVTEC Officer Appointments:
·
Strategy for
Transitioning from the RVTEC Vice Chair position to
the Chair-Elect position.
·
Officer Nominations
·
Membership voting
procedures (via internet)
10:30 am Break
10:45 am BGM-3
Gravimeters in the UNOLS Fleet James Kinsey and Dan Fornari
11:15 am Report from the UNOLS Technical Support
Manager Alice Doyle
·
Marine Technician
Retention and Recruitment Pilot Program Update on Activities
12:00 pm 10'
Diving van for use on UNOLS ships Woody
Sutherland
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Data Collection Systems and Initiatives
·
Rolling Deck to
Repository (R2R) Initiative Update Bob Arko (30 minutes)
·
UHDAS and ADCP
update Julia Hummon (15 minutes)
·
OSU Data
Acquisition System Installation Update Daryl Swenson, Toby Martin, and David
OGorman (10 minutes)
2:25 pm Communications:
·
HiSeasNet recap
of Focus Group Steve Foley (15 minutes)
·
Fleet Broadband
Jim Holik (15 minutes)
·
Open Discussion
3:05 pm Break
3:20 pm Re-Cap of Monday Focus Group Sessions
(not already reported)
·
Gulf of Mexico
Oil Spill Response Effort Rich Findley (10 mintues)
·
Update on the
State of Multibeam Systems Dale Chayes (10 minutes)
3:40 pm UNOLS Technical Services Alice Doyle
·
Best Practices
(25 minutes)
·
Pre-Cruise
Planning (20 minutes)
4:25 pm CTD data processing,
limitations of Seabird software Courtney Schatzman
and Alex Quintero.
4:45 pm SWAB Program Jim Happell
5:10 pm JMS Inspection Report Ted Colburn
5:30 pm Adjourn Day 1
Bus depart BIOS to Hotel at 5:45 pm and at
6:30 pm
Wednesday, November 17th
Bus departs hotel to BIOS at 7:35 am and at
8:15 am
8:30 am Coffee and Informal Discussion
9:00m Call to Order & Announcements
9:15 am Winch and Wire Session The following
topics will be presented and discussed during an all day work session that will
conclude with a tour of the R/V Atlantic Explorer/
·
Kilo Moanas
New Motion-compensated Crane/Winch CTD System (15 minutes) Tim McGovern
·
Research Vessel
Safety Standard (RVSS) Compliance
·
Appendix A - UNOLS Rope and Cable Safe Working
Load Standards
·
Appendix B - UNOLS
Load Handling System Design Standards
·
Winch Monitoring
Equipment Relevant to RVSS Appendix A
·
Table Top
Demonstration on Winch Monitoring as its relevance to Appendix A Tim Rezanko
A Mid-morning break and lunch break (12:30 pm) are
planned.
3:30 pm R/V Atlantic
Explorer Ship Tour and Dockside Beverages
Bus depart BIOS to Hotel at 5:45 pm and at
6:30 pm
RVTEC Dinner TBD
Thursday, November 18th
Bus departs hotel to BIOS at 7:35 am and at
8:15 am
8:30 am Coffee
and General Discussion
9:00 am Call
to Order and Announcements
9:15 pm Year in Review Each marine technician
group is asked to provide a very brief presentation (not more than 3 minutes
and 1 slide per ship) that covers the following three topics. Please consider having a junior member of
your group make the presentations. Our
goals are for the session to serve as an icebreaker while at same time share
important information. If you have a
slide it must be sent to the UNOLS Office no later than November 9th.
·
Annual Operations
Recap (Geographic area, Number of days, research disciplines supported, etc.)
·
Highlight(s) of
the year
·
Most challenging
issue or biggest technical hurdle
Order of Presentations:
·
Walton Smith
·
UW Ships Casey
Canfield
o
Clifford A. Barnes
o
Thomas G. Thompson
·
Atlantic Explorer
·
WHOI Ships:
o
Atlantis
o
Knorr
o
Oceanus
·
Blue Heron
·
Cape Hatteras
·
Endeavor Dave
Nelson
·
Hugh R. Sharp Wynn Tucker
·
Kilo Moana
Kuhio Vellalos
·
Langseth
·
SIO Ships
o
Melville Jon
Meyer
o
New Horizon Josh
Manger
o
Robert Gordon Sproul Josh Manger
o
Roger Revelle Josh Manger
·
Pelican
·
Point Sur
Ben Jokinen
·
Savannah
·
Wecoma Dave
OGorman
·
NOAA vessels
·
USCG vessels:
o
Polar Sea
o
Healy Dave
Forcucci
10:30 am Break
10:50 am UNOLS Reports (these should be very
brief and only as they relate to RVTEC)
·
FIC
Marc Willis
·
RVOC and Safety Committee Rich Findley
·
AICC Steve
Hartz
·
RVTEC Web Page Update
Annette DeSilva
·
UNOLS Van Pool
Bill Byam
·
All Others (UNOLS,
Council, DESSC, SCOAR, MLSOC) Brief reports if desired
·
Ship Design/Construction
Updates
o
Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV)
Steve Hartz and Marc Willis
o
Ocean Class
Research Vessel Status Tim Schnoor
o
Regional Class
Update Jim Holik
11:30 am RVTEC Subcommittee Reports
·
Post Cruise
Assessment Committee Dave Fisichella
·
RVTEC Education Subcommittee
Aubri Steele
11:50 am MATE Update and Long Term
Internship Program Tami Lansford
12:10 pm RVTEC Officer Nominations - Introduce
the nominees
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 am 8th
INMARTECH: 26 - 28 January 2011, NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand
1:45 pm Suggestions for 2011 RVTEC Meeting Host
Institution
2:00 pm Officer Election Results
2:05 pm Show & Tell Presentations:
·
SWAP Update Toby Martin
·
My IEEE/MTS
Oceans 2010 Seattle Toby Martin
·
Vessel Tracker
Annette DeSilva
·
"Sugru: Hack things better" Julia Hummon
·
The latest
release of NOAAs Scientific Computer System (SCS) John Katebini
3:05 pm Closing Remarks Rich Findley
3:15 pm Adjourn RVTEC Meeting
Bus depart BIOS to Hotel at 3:30 pm
3:35 pm RVTEC Manager Roundtable
Discussion:
·
Agency Reports to Managers Budgets, Proposal Guidelines, etc
·
Group Purchases
·
Shared-Use Equipment Ground Rules Jim Holik
·
Education and Training Alice Doyle
Bus depart BIOS to Hotel at 5:45 pm and at
6:30 pm
Friday, November 19th
Bus departs hotel to BIOS at 7:35 am and at
8:15 am
8:30 am UHDAS + ADCP Workshop Jules Hummon
12:30 pm Lunch
Tentative - Bus depart BIOS to Hotel at
1:30 pm