Day 2 Session 4: Discussion—principles, contracts, governance, funding issues

.

Dr Gary MeyersDirector, IMOS OfficeIMOS-1 31 January – 2 February 2007, Hobart

Principles

• Service—IMOS will provide a service that broadly supports researchers in the national marine community to maximise the contributions of R&D to economic development, national security, social wellbeing and environmental sustainability.

• Data-streams—Success will be measured in terms of the quality and quantity of data that IMOS delivers, the number of users and the quality research-results produced with IMOS data.

• Integration—IMOS will deploy a coordinated, multi-platform observing system to take advantage of the synergies between instruments, and to provide a comprehensive description of the ocean, as a contribution to national and international programs.

• Sustainability—The real value of IMOS will only emerge if systematic, repeated data collection continues for long enough time to see the range of climate variation and change. Sustained streams of data are integrally related to conservation and sustainable development of the marine environment.

Discussion--Principles

IMOS Office (1)

• Director Gary Meyers 0.5 EFT• Executive Officer 1.0 EFT

(David Lyons, Acting)

• Executive Assistant 1.0 EFT

• Technical Support Officer 0.25 Simon Allen

• Technical assistance 0.75 EFT

• Legal Advice Andrea McAuliffe

IMOS Office (2)• UTAS will enter into a contract with DEST to

implement IMOS, receives NCRIS funds and is accountable to DEST for performance of IMOS.

• UTAS IMOS Office (within MSC)

• $2.5M over 5 years made up of annual contributions of $125K each from the Uni and the State and $250K from DEST

• Not a large budget ~2.5% of total IMOS cash+in kind. ~80% salary.

• Some mgm’t activity will have to be funded in Facility budgets

Discussion—IMOS Office

NCRIS-IMOSLegal Arrangements

DEST

UTAS/IMOS Office

Head Agreement

Operator Subcontracts

DL: 29.1.07

11 IMOS Facilities Nationally

CSIRO AIMS BoM UWA SHIMS SARDI CUT JCU GA UTAS

InternalResponsibility

5 Facilities 4 Facilities 2 Facilities 2 Facilities 1 Facility1 Facility1 Facility2 Facilities3 Facilities 2 Facilities

DED TAS

ArgoSOOPSOTSC.MoorRS

SOOPC.MoorI.GBRRS

SOOPRS

GlidersC.Moor

AUVA.TagC.Moor

C.MoorC.Radar

C.Moor C.Radar RS SOTSeMII

Contract

9 sub-contracts

Plan B—6 subcontracts

DEST

UTAS/IMOS Office

Head Agreement

Operator Subcontracts

DL: 9.10.06GM: 26.01.07

11 IMOS Facilities Nationally red—principal operator; blue-black—associate operator

CSIRO AIMS BoM UWA SHIMS SARDI CUT JCU GA UTAS

InternalResponsibility

5 Facilities 4 Facilities 2 Facilities 2 Facilities 1 Facility1 Facility1 Facility1 Facility3 Facilities 2 Facilities

C.Moor RS SOOP ArgoSOTS

C.MoorRS SOOPI.GBR

RS SOOP

C.Moor

Gliders

C.Moor

AUVA.Tag

C.Moor

C.Radar

C.Moor

C.RadarRS

eMII SOTS

Discussion--Contracts

Governance

DEST

UTAS/IMOS Office

NCRIS-IMOSOrganisation Structure

GM/DL: 30.1.07

Nodes(6) + Director

Advisory Board

Facilities(3)+Dir+EO+TO

Facility Leaders(11)

Facilities/Sub-Facilities (23) Operators (10)

DEST-UTAS Funding Agreement

UTAS-Operators Subcontracts

ImplementationPanel

Steering Group

Marine Community

Chair + Members(8)

Roles and responsibilities; resourcing need to be agreed

Discussion--governance

Funding

• Salary and operating expenses/on receipt of annual DEST funding

• Ordering of instruments (specifications, quotes, etc.) by Facilities

• Purchasing instruments—pay on invoice

• Ownership of instruments—IMOS Office until transfer ownership according to criteria in sub-contracts

• Insurance—loss of instruments, self insurance, risk management plan

• Indemnity

Discussion—funding

Discussion—other issues

Gary.Meyers@csiro.au Integrated Marine Observing System University of Tasmania Private Bag 110 Hobart Tasmania 7001