Revised:  November 2, 2007

Tentative Agenda

UNOLS Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC)

2007 Annual Meeting

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Moss Landing, CA

November 6-8, 2007

If you would like to attend, please fill out the online registration form.

A copy of this agenda can be downloaded as a pdf at: <200711rvtag.pdf>

Carpooling Encouraged: Participants are encouraged to carpool to the meeting on Day one. If you have a vehicle, hopefully you can offer a seat to your fellow RVTECer - its a great way to network!

Tuesday November 6th - Moss Landing Marine Laboratories  Main Seminar Room

8:00 am            Meeting Check-in and Informal Discussion

8:30 am            Meeting Called to Order

8:50 am            RVTEC Participant Introductions

9:00 am            Accept 2006 RVTEC Minutes <200710rvtmi.pdf>

9:10 am            RVTEC Vice-Chair Election – Candidates Announcement 

9:15 am            Agency Reports

9:45 am            UNOLS Reports

10:00 am          Break

10:15 am          Continue with UNOLS Reports

10:45 am          Ship Updates

·        Regional Class Steering Committee – Stewart Lamerdin
·        Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV) – Steve Hartz
·        R/V Marcus G. Langseth – Annette DeSilva

11:20 am          Post Cruise Assessment (PCA) Subcommittee Report – Mary-Lynn Dickson

                                  The PCA Subcommitte report from March 2007 can be viewed at <Final Report, UNOLS PCA Subcommittee, 2004-2006>

11:30 am          RF Frequency Spectrum Management Committee Status Report – Richard Perry

12:00 pm          Lunch Break             

1:00 pm            Speaker – Marcia McNutt – UNOLS Chair

1:15 pm            Open Discussion

·        UNOLS Council – What is it and how do they help us

·        RVTEC – What is its purpose?  Is it helping you support the research projects on your ship?

2:00 pm            Marine Technician and Crew Retention Issues – Stewart Lamerdin & Bill Martin

Joint address to UNOLS Council from RVOC & RVTEC – What we are doing and a  status report

2:30 pm            Break

2:45 pm            ACT Program – Alliance for Coastal Technologies - Jason Smith

                                    An introduction to this NOAA funded project

3:05 pm            MBARI AUV – An overview of MBARI’s mapping vehicle - Hans Thomas

3:25 pm            MBARI  ROV – Their new ROV comes online next year - Dale Graves

4:00 pm            Ship and Facility Tours – Point Sur, Western Flyer, and MBARI AUV Lab/Test Tank

6:30 pm            Dinner at the Elkhorn Yacht Club

Wednesday November 7th - Casa Munras Hotel  in the Casa Munras Conference Room

 8:00 am           Coffee and Informal Discussion

 8:20 am           Call to order and announcements

 8:30 am           Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Update – Bill Martin

                                    Latest information per Eric King (UW), the RVOC contact for this issue

 8:45 am           Report from MATE – Lani Clough

 9:00 am           Defined Levels of Technical Services – Update and Feedback – Annette DeSilva

 9:15 am           Progress of the SAMOS Initiative – Shawn Smith

 9:30 am           Automated Transfer of Instrument & Vessel Metadata - Survey Report – Shawn Smith

 9:45 am           World Meteorological Organizations Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) program – Robert Luke

10:00 am          Break

10:15 am          Export Controls – Tom Wilson

10:30 am          HiSeasNet Update – Steve Foley

                                    Antenna shadowing issue, other problems or items for open discussion

11:00 am          Various ship configurations utilizing C-Band and Ku-Band HiSeasNet Systems:

12:00 pm          Lunch Break

 1:00 pm           Wire and Cable Subcommittee Report – Rich Findley

 1:20 pm           New UNOLS Wire SWL Standards Update – Matt Hawkins

 2:00 pm           Break

 2:15 pm           Guest Speaker – Mr. Phil Gibson

                                                President, TMT Laboratories  (Tension Member Technology)

 3:30 pm           Break

 3:45 pm          Reflections and Looking Forward - Sandy Shor and Jim Holik

 5:00 pm           Adjourn Day Two

 7:00 pm           Dinner – Monterey Bay Aquarium - 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940

Thursday November 8th - Casa Munras Hotel  in the Casa Munras Conference Room

8:00 am            Coffee and Informal Discussion

 8:20 am           Call to order and announcements

8:30 am            Vice-Chair Nominations

8:40 am            Determine Host Institution for 2008 RVTEC

9:00 am            Show & Tell Presentations

                                    NSF Group Purchase – Knudsen Engineering new echosounder – Nolan Pretty

                                    SWAP Report - Toby Martin

                                    Matt Hawkins for Tim Deering – What we have done with SWAP

                                    ADCP & UHDAS – Jules Hummon

                                    GeoMapApp at Sea - Bob Arko

10:15 am           Break

 10:30 am            Show & Tell Presentations (continued)

                                   Reach out and (re)boot someone – Tom Wilson

                                    Inexpensive Serial to Ethernet Converter - Tom Wilson

                                    A/D over Ethernet for $15 per Channel - Tom Wilson

                                    Tips & Tricks for using PMI Finger Grips on EM Cable – Marc Willis

11:30 am          Vice-Chair Election

12:00 pm          Adjourn Day Three

1:00 pm            RVTEC Manager Roundtable Discussion

                        Discussion Topics

                                    Introduction / Open Discussion with New Program Manager

                                    ADCP Exchange Program

                                    Participating in Events Between Meeting Dates

                                    Technician Retention

                                    Deidre Sullivan – MATE, Why hasn’t RVTEC groups benefited from this program?

3:00 pm            Adjourn