SOUTH POLE USERS’ COMMITTEE

ANNUAL MEETING, 11 JUNE 2003

Raytheon Polar Services Company, Centennial, Colorado

 

7:00 - 7:30        CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

 

7:30 – 8:20       Opening

 

Ø      Welcome and introduction of attendees (10 min)                    A. Stark, P. Sullivan

Ø      Overview of meeting agenda (10 min)                                   A. Stark, P. Sullivan

Ø      NSF welcome and remarks (15 min)                                     TBD    

Ø      RPSC welcome and remarks (15 min)                                   S. Dunbar

 

8:20 - 9:15        Committee Business

 

Ø      Review and approval of membership (30 min)                        A. Stark

Ø      Working Group Status Reports (25 min)                                A. Stark

BREAK (15 min)

 

9:30 – 9:45       Health and Safety (15 min)                                                       Steve Frost

 

9:45 – 12:00      IT and Communications

 

Ø      Internet Security Update (30 min)                                         R. Mitalski

Ø      EMI Survey Overview (30 min)                                            N. Powell

Ø      Time Frequency Standards (10 min)                                      D. Leger

Ø      Elevated Dorm TDRSS move (10 min)                                 N. Powell

Ø      Iridium Narrowband Update (15 min)                                    M. Perry

Ø      SPSM IT update (10 min)                                                    D. Brooks

Ø      PolarIce status (15 min)                                                       S. Holbrook

Ø      Status of existing Sat Systems (10 min)                                  N. Powell

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BREAK FOR LUNCH (1 hr)

 

1:00 – 1:30       SPSE/SM Project and Construction Update

 

Ø      Construction schedules including DSL (15 min)                      D. Scheuerman

Ø      Science Transition Plan (15 min)                                           D. Scheuerman

 

1:30 – 2:45       Operations

 

Ø      Power Plant operations for FY03 (15 min)                             M. Lewis

Ø      Population (20 min)                                                             R. Ofstedal, J. Marty

Ø      New mobile equipment (15 min)                                           M. Lewis

Ø      LC-130 Flight Operations (15 min)                                        TBD

 

BREAK (15 min)

3:00 – 3:30       Special Topics

 

Ø      Meteorology support plan (10 min)                                        K. Hill

Ø      Cryogenic support plan (10 min)                                           A. Baker

Ø      IceCube Project update (10 min)                                           E. Jensen

 

3:30 – 4:30       Executive Session                                                                     SPUC Members