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TI: The Advisory Structure of the Drilling Program Over the Past Forty Years
AU: * Harrison, C G
EM: charrison@rsmas.miami.edu
AF: University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 United States
AU: Urquhart, E
EM: eurquhart@rsmas.miami.edu
AF: Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC 20036-2102 United States
AB: The JOIDES advisory structure for DSDP and ODP has changed in significant ways during the 36-year existence of these ocean drilling programs. This paper discusses these changes in the light of the new IODP drilling program that will have started by the time of the AGU fall meeting. In the first phase of drilling, the advisory structure was centered on regional goals, since the program was at that time a very exploratory one. As drilling became more sophisticated, it was necessary to start new kinds of advisory structures, in which specific elements of drilling were studied and recommendations made. Throughout, the highest authority has been the Executive Committee, which has approved both the program plan and the science plan for each year. It has also made recommendations about eh new program that have had a significant effect on the development of the new drilling program. Recently the next committee down the ladder has been the Science Committee that has essentially been a review committee for the various proposals that have been submitted, and has ranked these proposals. The Operations Committee then arranges the ranked proposals into a coherent drilling program. The Science Committee also oversees the other committees in the science advisory structure. Over the years the rules about conflict of interest have been strengthened, such that in many cases, members of the Science Committee have been recused from ranking proposals when they have an interest in the proposals. Also, scientists cannot sit on more than one committee at a time (apart from members of the Budget Committee - drawn from Science Committee and Executive Committee - and members of the Operations Committee). The advisory structure has also become much less restrictive over the years, and the US members of the Science Committee is now formed of scientists who have an interest in marine drilling, and the membership is drawn from the national community, and not just from members of JOI Inc. The presence of non-US scientists on the advisory structure has been of immense benefit, as has their participation in the ship-board science crew. The new drilling program, jointly funded by the United States and Japan, will hopefully draw on an enthusiastic body of scientists from other countries.
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MN: 2003 Fall Meeting