Revised:  June 30, 2008

Tentative Agenda

UNOLS COUNCIL – Phone/Web Conference

Tuesday and Wednesday, July 1 & 2, 2008, 2:00 pm – 4:00 PM EDT (each day)

 

A copy of this agenda is available as a pdf:  <200807cncag.pdf>

 

Day 1:  Tuesday, July 1st  

 

1350     Log into Picture-talk Web Conference

 

1400     Call the Meeting:  Marcia McNutt, UNOLS Chair, will call the meeting to order and provide an opportunity for introductions.

·         Accept the minutes of the February 2008 Council Meeting.

 

1410     UNOLS Fleet schedules, estimated operation costs, and 2009 ship scheduling – (Stan Winslow and Mike Prince)

 

1430     Nominating Committee Report– The Nominating Committee will present the status of the draft 2008/2009 UNOLS Council slate. (Peter Wiebe)

 

1445     UNOLS Policy Regarding Committee Recommendations to Federal Agencies (Marcia McNutt)

 

1500     Establishing Facility Renewal and Upgrade Priorities – Discussion on strategies for moving forward.

·         DESSC-RHOC Letter to NSF with recommendation to move forward with the 6500-m Replacement HOV – Council discussion on whether to endorse the letter.

 

1545     Crew and Marine Technician Retention and Hiring Issues – Bill Martin and Pete Zerr will report on these issues facing the UNOLS Ship operators.

 

1600     Adjourn Day One

 

Day 2:  Wednesday, July 2nd

 

1350     Log into PictureTalk Web Conference

 

1400     Day 2 - Opening Remarks – Marcia McNutt

 

1410     The Status of UNOLS On-Going Activities and Issue - A brief written summary of many of the following items is available at <UNOLS_SummaryReport_070208.pdf>.  Other items will be reported at the meeting as noted below.  There will be opportunity for Council comments or discussion.

·         Ad-hoc Committee on Data Management Best Practices – Status report of their efforts and future Plans

·         Academic Fleet Renewal Activities and Plans:

-          Science Mission Requirements Update

-          Regional Class Acquisition Process

-          Ocean Class Acquisition Status

-          ARRV

·         Interagency Working Group on Facilities – Future Initiatives

·         Consortium for Ocean Leadership – Summary of April meeting and items of interest to UNOLS (Marcia McNutt)

·         Continue Review of PCAR (Mike Prince)

·         UNOLS Office Competition

·       HiSeasNet Shadowing Report

·        Wire Workshop

·         Gender Climate at Sea – Update on Training strategies

·         RVOC Safety Committee

·         TWIC Update

·         Codes of Conduct - The Impact of Scientific Studies on the Environment/Law of the Sea – Speaker at Fall meeting? – (Mike Prince)

·         Safety Standards for Human Occupied Vehicles

·         UNOLS Annual Meeting Plans- October 2-3, 2008, Keynote Speaker – Dr. Robert Gagosian, Consortium for Ocean Leadership.

·         UNOLS objectives, priorities and goals – Review progress on 2007–2008 goals and discuss plans for 2008-2009 (Mike Prince)

 

1530     Committee Activities and Issues requiring Council Attention - Committee Chairs and Council Members will have an opportunity to raise any issues requiring Council attention. 

·         SCOAR – The Committee has been inactive for over a year.  Council input on the future of this committee is desired.

 

1545     Agency Reports - Agency Representatives will have an opportunity to raise matters of interest to UNOLS. 

 

1600     Adjourn Day Two