Agenda

Date: 1:00 – 3:00 PM, Thursday, August 6, 2009
Location: US DOT Building
1200 New Jersey Ave, SE
Conference Room # 2 (1st Floor)
Washington, DC

PROPOSED AGENDA

1.   Introductions, corrections to Minutes and Contact List; SDC update
2.   SLF update:  Intact Stability Code, Harmonization of Damage Stability Regs,   Passenger Ships Safety, HSC Code, Future Issues, etc. (Bill Peters)
3.   Update on Dynamic Stability Task Group Activities (Chris Bassler)
4.   Stab 10 Conference (June 2009)  Highlights (Chris Bassler)
5.   Status of PNA Stability-related Chapters (Rich Sonnenschein et al)
6.    Panel O-49, Small Working Vessels Operations & Safety Activities (Bruce Johnson)
7.    Panel SD-3 and SNAME Web Page developments (Jane Louie)
8.    Proposed Stability Guide for Small Craft Designers (Chris Barry et al)
9.    Discussion:  Impact of Loss of Passenger Ship, EXPLORER, on Antarctic Passenger Ship Safety (Rich Sonnenschein, et al)
10.    New Business
11.    Review of Action Items
12.    Set Next Meeting/Adjourn
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Public Transportation:  Take MetroRail, Green Line, to Navy Yard Station.  
Parking:  There is a $5/day parking lot two blocks north of the DOT Building, on 2nd Street, SE.  

Enter the main DOT Building (West) entrance, at 1200 New Jersey Ave. on the south side of M St, SE (cattycorner from the Navy Yard Metro station).  If you require an escort in the building, call Rich’s cell at 301-807-4514; his office space is W21-207.

To Conf. Room #2:  After passing through Security, enter through the double doors, and proceed into (or, if closed, walk to the right of) the Atrium.  At about the midway point, you will see the entrance to the Conference Center on your right.  Enter there, and proceed to Conf. Room # 2.