[Exports_project_office] Curveball...

[David Siegel]

Hi All,

Sorry for the clutter / drama today and thank you all for the suggestions / positivity. The timeline has moved up and Stuart will know what's up in about 2 weeks. So thinking positively, we are assuming that all will be clear and he’s sailing as planned. Know that we have a back up plan and a back up plan for the back up plan. 

More when we know more and think positive thoughts. There will be other curveballs before we’re done…

Best, Dave


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Siegel <david.siegel at ucsb.edu> 
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 8:34 AM
> To: Uta Passow <passow at lifesci.ucsb.edu>; Andrew McDonnell <amcdonnell at alaska.edu>; Jason Graff <jrgraff at science.oregonstate.edu>; Debbie Steinberg <debbies at vims.edu>; Kristen Buck <kristenbuck at usf.edu>; Peter Morton <pmorton at fsu.edu>; Alyson Santoro <alyson.santoro at lifesci.ucsb.edu>; Ken Buesseler <kbuesseler at whoi.edu>; Emmanuel Boss <emmanuel.boss at maine.edu>; Mike Behrenfeld <mjb at science.oregonstate.edu>; Mark Brzezinski <mark.brzezinski at lifesci.ucsb.edu>; Craig Carlson <craig.carlson at lifesci.ucsb.edu>; exports_project_office at espo.nasa.gov; Sasha Kramer <sasha.kramer at lifesci.ucsb.edu>; Kelsey Bisson <kelseybisson at ucsb.edu>
> Cc: David Siegel <david.siegel at ucsb.edu>
> Subject: Curveball...
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Seems like things were just going too well…  We just found that it is likely that Stuart Halewood (Norm and my engineer) will not be sailing on the Revelle. He **may** have a fully curable medical issue but needs a definite diagnosis before anything can happen. The present timings for biopsies, etc. mean that he cannot go to sea.  Those timings **may** change and he still **may** be able to go; but for now, we need to work on a plan B. We have some ideas (incl. me!) but none are a one to one replacement as we have been relying on Stuart to fill many functions (optics sampling, MSC deployment, emergency TMC re-terms, Hydro teaming, UVP/LISST babysitting / troubleshooting, etc.). Any / all ideas are welcome. I’m at WHOI next week for the OCB, hope to see some of you there…  
> 
> More as we know more. Best, Dave
>