Annual Meeting - Day 1: Tuesday, October 25
The National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Stafford II, Room 555
1300 Introduction and Welcome
– Bruce Corliss, UNOLS Chair, will call the meeting to order and
provide opening remarks.
·
Participant
introductions.
1315 Federal Agency and IWG-FI Reports:
·
Information
from Federal Agencies (NSF, ONR, NRL, Oceanographer of the Navy, NOAA, USCG,
USGS, BOEM, and DOS) on budgets, 2011 activities, and forecasts for 2012 and
beyond.
·
Interagency Working Group on Facilities and
Infrastructure (IWG-FI) Update – Bob
Winokur
1400 Fleet Operations in 2011 and Recommendations
for 2012:
· Summary of 2011 operations and the 2012 scheduling
process - Stewart Lamerdin, SSC
· Summary of Agency Recommendations for 2012 Fleet
Operations - Bob Houtman and Jon Alberts
· UNOLS Response to Agency Recommendations – Robin
Muench, John Morrison, and Vernon Asper
1420 Facility Renewal Activities:
· Ocean Class Acquisition Update – Tim Schnoor, Mike Prince, and Chris MacDonald
· Regional Class Acquisition Status – Bob Houtman
· R/V Sikuliaq Construction Update –
Terry Whitledge
·
Ocean
Observatories Initiative – Jean McGovern
·
Alvin Upgrade
Project – Brian Midson
1445
Review of UNOLS Membership
Ballot Measures: Ballots were distributed to UNOLS
Representatives by mail in September. – Bruce Corliss
·
UNOLS Council Elections: Elections for two UNOLS Council positions will be
held: Operator Representative (3 year term) and At-Large Representative (3 year
term). The slate of nominees can
be viewed at: <http://www.unols.org/meetings/2011/201110anu/Slate2011.html>.
1450 Break
1505 UNOLS
Celebrates 40 Years! – Join us in a look back
through the years: Ships, issues, activities, and people. – Introduction by Annette DeSilva
1525 COMMITTEE REPORTS – Bruce Corliss will
introduce the UNOLS Committee Chairs who will report on their activities.
·
Ship Scheduling
Committee (SSC) – Stewart Lamerdin, SSC Chair, will review
any ship-scheduling activities from the past year that have not already been
reported.
· Research Vessel Operators' Committee (RVOC) – Joe Malbrough, RVOC Chair-Elect, will review the
highlights of the 2011 RVOC meeting, Committee activities over the past year,
and plans for 2012.
· Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC)
– David Fisichella, RVTEC Chair, will report on RVTEC
activities in 2011 and
plans for the RVTEC Annual Meeting to be hosted by LUMCON in November.
· DEep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) – Peter Girguis, DESSC
Chair, will report on DESSC activities and plans for their fall meeting in
December.
· Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC) –AICC activities
in 2011 will be reported by Robin Muench (AICC Chair) including an update on
science operations for Healy and the Polar Class Icebreakers in 2011 and
planned for 2012.
· Marcus Langseth Science Oversight Committee (MLSOC) – Jon Alberts will
provide an update on R/V Langseth operations
and plans for the MLSOC fall meeting.
· Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research
(SCOAR)
– Annette DeSilva will report on the committee’s June meeting and future
activities.
· Ocean Observing Science Committee (OOSC) – Larry Atkinson
will report on OOSC’s initial activities and plans for 2012.
1610 UNOLS
Goals and Activities: Review the progress made on UNOLS goals and plans for the
coming year:
·
Greening the UNOLS Fleet
– Bruce
Corliss will review plans for the Green Workshop in January 2012.
·
Polar Research Vessels Coordination: Cooperative Efforts between UNOLS, OPP, and OCE
Ø Refresh of Science Mission Requirements for a Polar
Research Vessel – Jon Alberts
Ø
Updates from the
Arctic Research Support and Logistics Program – Renee Crain
Ø
OPP Regional Class
Requirements for Antarctic – Stewart Lamerdin
·
Explore Options for Establishment of a UNOLS
Speaker Series – Bruce Corliss
·
2011/2012 UNOLS Goals and
Priorities – Bruce Corliss will present the 2011/2012 UNOLS Goals
and Priorities as established by the UNOLS Council.
1700 Adjourn
– Day 1
An evening
reception hosted by UNOLS will follow immediately afterward.
The Holiday
Inn – Arlington at Ballston, Clarendon Room
Annual
Meeting – Day 2: October 26, 2011
The
Holiday Inn – Arlington at Ballston, Ballroom
0800 Coffee
and Pastries
0830 Call Day-2 of the Meeting to Order: Bruce Corliss, UNOLS Chair.
0840 Marine Technician Recruitment
and Retention Pilot Program – An update on the UNOLS pilot program status.
– Alice Doyle and Jim Holik
0900 Rolling Deck to Repository
(R2R) – An update on the
project activities and plans. – Bob Arko (LDEO)
0915 Research Vessel Safety Standards: Appendix
B Workshop, February 7-8, 2012 – Jon Alberts
0930 Keynote Address:
The keynote address will be delivered
on
Wednesday, October 26th at 9:30 am by
Dr. Kate Moran
Newly appointed Director of Neptune Canada
and former Senior Policy Analyst for the
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
1015 Break
1030 Consortium
for Ocean Leadership – Kevin Wheeler will provide an update.
1040 UNOLS Evaluation of Ship Time
Demand Survey– Annette DeSilva
1055 UNOLS
Education, Outreach, and Training Initiatives
· Early Career
Investigator Oceanographic Research Cruise Training – Clare Reimers
· UNOLS Resources – Erin Jackson
· MATE/UNOLS Internship Program – Alice Doyle
· Gender Climate at Sea – Voluntary on-line training effort - Jon
Alberts
· Student Participation at DESSC Winter Meeting – Pete Girguis
1135 UNOLS Reports:
· Recognition of departing Council and Committee members. – Bruce
Corliss
·
UNOLS Appointments to
Committees – Bruce Corliss
· UNOLS Dues Accounting
– Jon Alberts
· UNOLS Calendar and
activities at winter conferences – Jon Alberts
1155 Meeting
participants will have the opportunity to raise additional issues.
1210 Adjourn