1300 Introduction and Welcome Vernon Asper, UNOLS
Chair, will call the meeting to order and provide an opportunity for
participant introductions. Vernon will give a report on the Year in
Review. UNOLS issues, activities, and
major accomplishments in 2009 will be summarized.
1315 Federal Agency Reports - Information from Federal
Agencies (NSF, ONR, NRL, Oceanographer of the Navy, NOAA, USCG, USGS, MMS, DOS
and DOE) on budgets, 2009 activities, and forecasts for 2010 and beyond.
1345 Fleet Operations in 2009 and Recommendations
for 2010:
·
Summary of 2009
operations and the 2010 scheduling process (Stan Winslow, SSC Chair)
·
Summary of Agency
Recommendations for 2010 Fleet Operations (Bob Houtman/Jon Alberts)
·
UNOLS Process for
Review of Agency Recommendations Jon Alberts
1415 Facility Renewal Activities:
·
Ocean Class Acquisition
Update Mike Prince and Chris McDonald
·
Regional Class Acquisition
Status Matthew Hawkins
·
Replacement Human Occupied
Vehicle Project Brian Midson
·
Ocean Observing Initiative
Jean McGovern
·
Alaska Region Research
Vessel Acquisition Status Terry Whitledge
1455 UNOLS Membership Votes: Ballots were distributed to
UNOLS Representatives by mail.
UNOLS Council Elections: Elections for the following UNOLS Council positions
will be held
·
UNOLS Operator
Representative (3 year term)
·
UNOLS Council
Member At-large (3-year term)
·
UNOLS
Non-Operator Representative (3 year term)
The
slate of nominees can be viewed at: <http://www.unols.org/meetings/2009/200910anu/Slate09.html>.
1500 Break
1515 Interagency
Working Group on Facilities RDML Kenul (NOAA) will provide an update on
the 2009 IWG-F activities and plans for 2010
1525 Consortium for Ocean Leadership Bob Gagosian will
provide an update on activities.
1535 "Science at Sea: Meeting Future
Oceanographic Goals with a Robust Academic Research Fleet" - A report
of the NRC Committee on Evolution of the National Oceanographic Research Fleet
- Ron Kiss (Webb Institute, retired) and Dick Pittenger (WHOI).
1620 2009/2010
UNOLS Goals and Priorities Vernon Asper will present the 2009/2010 UNOLS Goals
and Priorities as established by the UNOLS Council.
1635 Marine Technician Recruitment and Retention An update on the UNOLS proposal to NSF to address
this issue. Jon Alberts/James Holik
1650 Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) An update on the project activities and plans.
James Holik
1705 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.
0840 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.
·
Research Vessel
Operators' Committee (RVOC) Pete Zerr, RVOC Chair, will review the
highlights of the 2009 RVOC meeting, Committee activities over the past year,
and plans for the 2010 meeting.
·
Research Vessel
Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC) Rich Findley,
RVTEC Chair, will report on RVTEC activities in 2009 and plans for the RVTEC
Annual Meeting to be hosted by the University of Washington.
·
Arctic Icebreaker
Coordinating Committee (AICC) AICC activities in 2009 will be reported
including an update on science operations for Healy and the Polar Class
Icebreakers in 2009 and planned for 2010.
·
DEep Submergence Science
Committee (DESSC) Deb
Kelley, DESSC Chair, will report on DESSC activities and plans for their fall
meeting.
·
Marcus Langseth Science
Oversight Committee (MLSOC) Steve Holbrook, MLSOC Chair, will report on
science operations on R/V Langseth, their 2009 summer workshop, and
future plans for the fall meeting.
·
Scientific Committee for
Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR) The SCOAR has been re-energized with Daniel
Schwartz as Chair. He will report on
their plans for a Town Hall meeting at Ocean Sciences and other future
activities.
1015 Morning Break
1030 Keynote
Address:
~ 10:30 AM ~
Keynote Address
Under Secretary of Commerce and Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA)
1130 UNOLS Report Jon Alberts
·
Recognition of departing Council and Committee
members.
·
UNOLS Appointments to
Committees: The UNOLS Chair will announce new appointments to
the Executive Committee and standing committees in accordance with the UNOLS Charter.
·
UNOLS
Dues Accounting
·
UNOLS
Calendar and activities at winter conferences
1145 Meeting
participants will have the opportunity to raise additional issues.
1215 Adjourn