Ocean Observing Subcommittee Meeting October 24, 2012Key topics of discussion

• Update from Tim Cowles on current OOI program activities• Critical milestones for deployment of assets – must keep on schedule• Challenges of constraints on O&M – What does O&M mean?• Scrutiny of management and upcoming NSF Review• Dedication of OOI Team

• NSF issues• Strong focus on construction• Concerned about potential conflicts of interest for Ocean Leadership• Erosion of core budgets and concerns about O&M• Perceptions of program managers and community

• Need for community engagement and communication• NEPTUNE and VENUS• UNOLS OOSC (science steering, planing workshops, requests for Dear Colleague letter)• OOI Program Advisory Committee (PAC)• NDBC• IOOS Summit

• OOI is a major Ocean Sciences program that evolved out of decades of planning and community support

• If we do not execute now, the ocean community will lose credibility as an entity to advance large programs in the future

• OOI offers a tremendous opportunity to early career scientists and those who otherwise do not have access to seagoing observations

Ocean Observing Subcommittee. Members of the Ocean Observing Subcommittee shall be nominated by the Executive Committee and/or can be self-nominated and are appointed by the Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees. The Subcommittee shall serve as a subcommittee of the Board of Trustees, as allowed under Article XII of the Ocean Leadership bylaws.

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Membership Qualifications.

Specific notation that committee members must be the formally appointed Member Representative or the Alternate. 

Terms of ReferenceOcean Observing Subcommittee

Term. Members of the Ocean Observing Subcommittee shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for three-year terms, except in the case of appointments to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term. There shall be no term limits on members of the Ocean Observing Subcommittee, so long as such members are the formally appointed Member Representative (or Alternate) of a Voting, Associate or Affiliate Member.

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Duties. The Subcommittee will meet 3-4 times annually, as necessary, and via teleconference whenever possible, and shall provide a for report at each of the semiannual, in-person Board of Trustees meetings (in March and October)…

Terms of ReferenceOcean Observing Subcommittee