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<div class="" style="text-align: center;"><font class=""
color="#0042aa"><b class="">Community Feedback is Requested</b></font></div>
<div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font
class="" size="4" color="#0042aa"><b class="">UNOLS Global Class
Survey</b></font></div>
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The Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC) of UNOLS works to assure the
continuing excellence of the academic research fleet, to improve
the capability and effectiveness of individual ships, and to
assure that the number, mix and overall capability of ships in the
fleet match the science requirements of academic oceanography
in the U.S. In this context, planning for a new vessel involves
creating a “Science Mission Requirements” (SMR) document that
describes the vessel’s size, performance, capabilities, and
facilities, which then becomes the blueprint to seek funding for
detailed planning and eventually, construction. Based on current
science programs and future projections, and considering the age
and capabilities of the current fleet, the FIC is developing SMRs
for the next Global Class, general purpose, research ship.<br
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<span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We
are doing this in several phases, the first was getting feedback
via a survey from recent Global Class users. Now we are
canvassing the broader community, asking you to think about
future science and users in your field. Your feedback and
responses to the survey are very important to the success
of creating a community-driven SMR document. The survey should
take you about 30 minutes to complete.</span><br class="">
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The survey form is available at: <<a
href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.com%2Fr%2FCommunityGlobalSMR&data=01%7C01%7Cgcutter%40odu.edu%7C691bfa66ba3e40c11e0508d5a3b582bd%7C48bf86e811a24b8a8cb368d8be2227f3%7C0&sdata=ZfGhyPB2d1DmeKl8G7KcjeLA0mZB%2FM%2FT3UUDLpPMZXA%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank" class="" style="color: purple;">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CommunityGlobalSMR</a>>.
Your response is requested by <b class="">May 17, 2018</b>.<br
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We thank you in advance for your contribution to a vital community
resource that is our research fleet.<br class="">
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Greg Cutter, Chair of FIC Sub-Committee on Global Class SMR<br
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Byron Blomquist<br class="">
Suzanne Carbotte<br class="">
Clare Reimers<br class="">
Jim Swift</div>
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