ODP Final Technical Report - Ocean Drilling Program - Texas A&M ...

Program AdministrationJOIDES JournalThroughout ODP, the JOIDES Journal servedas a means of communication among the JOI-DES committees and advisory panels, NSF andnon-U.S. participating organizations, JOI andits subcontractors, and interested earth scientists.The JOIDES Journal provided informationon JOIDES committees and panels, cruiseschedules, science summaries, and meetingschedules. The ODP Legacy Web site includeslinks to JOIDES Journal issues 1 through 30(1975–2004) (www.odplegacy.org/program_admin/joides_journal.html).Long-Range PlanningThe report from the first Conference on ScientificOcean Drilling (COSOD), held in November1981, documented the scientific basis andjustification for ODP. This report identified12 major scientific themes for which JOIDESdeveloped specific drilling plans. The report ofthe second COSOD meeting, held in July 1987,provided the framework for scientific oceandrilling through the 1990s.The ODP Long Range Plan (published in 1990)distilled the COSOD themes, JOIDES panelwhite papers, and other scientific and technicaladvice into a scientific and engineeringstrategy from 1990 through 2002. A reportfrom the October 1993 U.S. Committee onPost-1998 Ocean Drilling (COMPOST) meetingidentified the needs of the U.S. scientificcommunity for ocean drilling in the post-1998time frame and related facility requirements.This report resulted in a second ODP LongRange Plan, published in 1996, that updatedand extended the 1990 Long Range Plan(www.odplegacy.org/program_admin/long_range.html).Predrilling WorkshopsPredrilling Workshops provided opportunitiesfor members of the scientific community toevaluate the current state of knowledge concerninga particular topic, or field of research,and discuss ways in which scientific oceandrilling could advance knowledge in that area.Workshop topics were selected on the basis ofunsolicited proposals submitted by individualswilling to undertake the task of locating asuitable venue and organizing the proposedworkshop. Participation was open to any interestedmember of the scientific community.A limited number of essential participants ateach workshop received travel funds to supporttheir participation. Financial support forthe workshops was provided by USSSP, oftenin collaboration with other national or internationalfunding agencies.Following each workshop, the organizers wererequired to prepare a written report of the proceedingsand recommendations of the workshopand were encouraged to publish a briefsummary of their report for wider circulation.Workshop reports often formed the basisfor specific drilling proposals subsequentlysubmitted for consideration by the SAS. TheODP Legacy Web site includes a listing of allPredrilling Workshops held between June 1985and July 2003 and links to reports from mostof these workshops (www.odplegacy.org/program_admin/workshops.html).21