1. INTRODUCTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES

• List of Office Advisory Committee members
• Agenda, May 9-10, 2005
• Draft minutes, November 2004 meeting (Microsoft Word)
• Letter from Josh Schimel to Karl Erb, December 2004 (PDF)

2. OPP DIRECTOR'S REPORT

• OPP Final FY-06 Budget Request
• OPP Major Research and Facilities Construction, Final FY-06 Budget Request

3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER

• NSF Announces Intent to Establish Two New Science and Technology Centers (PR 05-053)
• Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), Science and Technology Center (abstract)
• CReSIS participating institutions and investigators

4. INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) UPDATES

• ICSU and NAS/NRC Activity:
  • International Council for Science (ICSU)
  • National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC)
  • First Meeting of the IPY 2007-2008 Open Consultative Forum, draft minutes (PDF)
• NSF and other Agency Plans:
  • The International Polar Year 2007-2009 (PDF)

5. OAC SUBCOMMITTEE — USA RESUPPLY OPTIONS STUDY

• Charter for Subcommittee
• Subcommittee members

6. OPP POLAR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Program — https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5650&org=OPP
• Overview of Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research (PDF)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship awardees for 2004 solicitation —

Awardee	Curriculum vitae	Project Abstract
Greg Balco	Curriculum vitae	Project Abstract
Nate Bickford	Curriculum vitae	Project Abstract
Bradley Buckley	Curriculum vitae	Project Abstract
Brook Nunn	Curriculum vitae	Project Abstract
Mathew Wallenstein	Curriculum vitae	Project Abstract
Kenia Whitehead	Curriculum vitae	Project Abstract

7. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM (ITR) COMMITTEE OF VISITORS REPORT

• Abstract: ITR/SI+AP: A Mobile Sensor Web for Polar Ice Sheet Measurements
• Description of "A Mobile Sensor Web for Polar Ice Sheet Measurements" project
• Slide describing the mobile sensor system and its operation (PDF verison; Text version)

8. POLAR RESEARCH SUPPORT SECTION 2004 COMMITTEE OF VISITORS ISSUES

• Polar Research Support Section 2004 Committee of Visitors Report (PDF)
• Questions addressed and recommendations made by the OPP/PRSS COV and PRSS response (PDF)

9. USER GROUP DISCUSSION POLAR ICEBREAKERS

• Discussion paper to be drafted
• McMurdo Area Users' Committee— http://www.polar.org/usapserv/userminutes/mauc/MAUC2004MeetingReport.pdf
• Antarctic Research Vessel Oversight Committee— http://www.polar.org/science/marine/arvoc/arvoc_minutes/04_05_minutes.pdf
• Palmer Station Users' Committee
• South Pole Users' Committee —
  http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~aas/SPUC/04/memo04.html
• Toolik — http://www.uaf.edu/toolik/Reports/Reports04/User_forum_062304.htm
• Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee — http://www.unols.org/meetings/2004/200411aic/200411aicmi.html
• Barrow Arctic Science Consortium
• Summit

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