ORIONOOI Update

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ORION/OOI Update
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OOI/ORION Activities

• Staffing the Project Office and establishment of
  Implementing Organizations (IOs),
• Establishing advisory committees to facilitate
  communications with the community,
• Engaging the community in the observatory network
  design to insure that observatory research
  opportunities are maximized (RFA and DI
  Workshop),
• OOI Timeline

Dec 2005
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ORION Project Office

• Kendra Daly hired as permanent, full-time ORION
  Program Director effective Jan. 2006,
• Stu Williams - hired in Fall 2005 as OOI Project
  Director and Systems Engineer
• Peter Milne Emily Griffin - additional staff in
  ORION Office
• Sharing staff with JOI/IODP to provide expertise
  in Project Management Control Systems/Earned
  Value Management and Cyberinfrastructure

Dec 2005
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Implementing Organizations

• In 2006 the ORION Program Office will
  be soliciting proposals for Implementing
  Organizations (IOs) for management of the
  procurement and installation of observatory
  networks for the NSF-funded Ocean Observatories
  Initiative leading to the operation of these
  facilities for the ORION Program. 
• An IO may consist of an academic
  institution, a consortia of academic institutions
  or an academic-industry partnership
• Separate IOs may be chosen for the coastal, RCO
  and global components of the OOI, as well as
  cyberinfrastructure

Dec 2005
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OOI/ORION Activities

• Staffing the Project Office and establishment of
  Implementing Organizations (IOs),
• Establishing advisory committees to facilitate
  communications with the community,
• Engaging the community in the observatory network
  design to insure that observatory research
  opportunities are maximized (RFA and DI
  Workshop),
• OOI Timeline

Dec 2005
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Dec 2005
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ORION Advisory Committees

• Observatory Steering Committee - Chair,
  R. Detrick (WHOI)
• Science and Technical Advisory Committee -
  Chair, D. Luther (Hawaii)
• Engineering Committee - Chair, K. Raybould
  (MBARI)
• Cyberinfrastructure Committee - Chair, L. Mayer
  (New Hampshire)
• Sensors Committee - Chair, K. Daly (South
  Florida)
• Education Public Awareness Committee - Chair,
  G. Matsumoto (MBARI)

Dec 2005
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OOI/ORION Activities

• Staffing the Project Office and establishment of
  Implementing Organizations (IOs),
• Establishing advisory committees to facilitate
  communications with the community,
• Engaging the community in the observatory network
  design to insure that observatory research
  opportunities are maximized (RFA and DI
  Workshop),
• OOI Timeline

Dec 2005
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Request for Assistance Response
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RFA Proposals Multidisciplinary panel
review Panel to provide review comments for each
proposal to PIs Highly ranked proposals leads
development of preliminary design Preliminary
design reviewed and revised iteratively by the
ORION Advisory Committees and Engineering
Team Initial design presented to community at
ORION Design and Implementation Workshop (27 -
30 March 2006) Review of workshop outcomes by
ORION Advisory Structure Finalization of
observatories design for inclusion in OOI Project
Execution Plan
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November 2005
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OOI/ORION Activities

• Staffing the Project Office and establishment of
  Implementing Organizations (IOs),
• Establishing advisory committees to facilitate
  communications with the community,
• Engaging the community in the observatory network
  design to insure that observatory research
  opportunities are maximized (RFA and DI
  Workshop),
• OOI Timeline

Dec 2005
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OOI/ORION Timeline
RFA proposals submitted
Development of IMP
Development of IMP
RFA Panel
Preparation of Preliminary PEP
RFP for RCO and CI IOs
RCO and CI IO Selection
Development of IMP
RFP for Global and Coastal IOs
IO Selection
DI Workshop
Revise PEP
Prep of Prelim. PEP
CDR
EA / EIS
Global and Coastal IO Selection
Award Negotiation
Prep for FDR
NSB Prep.
PEP to NSF
NSB Approval
Revise PEP
PDR
FDR
Construction Phase
EA / EIS
Construction Phase
November 2005
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