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Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated (JOI), a not-for-profit 

 corporation of ten major U.S. oceanographic institutions, is the prime 

 contractor for the program. It subcontracts with member institutions for 

 the various services required. Texas A&M University (TAMU) is the science 

 operator; their responsibilities include the operation of the drillship, 

 engineering development, and data management and archives. The 

 Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (LOGO) of Columbia University is home 

 for the Borehole Research Group, whose task is to adapt commercial downhole 

 logging techniques to scientific operations and to develop new measurement 

 tools. TAMU and LOGO, in turn, have subcontracts with commercial firms for 

 the drillship charter and the logging operations. 



Scientific planning is the province of JOIDES, the namesake for the ship. 

 I shall discuss the structure and function of JOIDES in somewhat more 

 detail in a few moments. For now, I simply wish to emphasize that this 

 unique organization is the driving scientific force for ocean drilling, and 

 is the primary arena for international interaction. 



THE INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURE OF OOP: THE PRIVILEGES AND COSTS OF MEMBERSHIP 



Although ODP operates as a multi-lateral program, the formal international 

 structure consists of a series of bilateral agreements between the National 

 Science Foundation and its counterpart agency in each participating 

 country. To reinforce the multilateral character of the program, the 

 Memoranda of Understanding (MOU's) are identical in all matters of 

 substance, varying only to accommodate such administrative particulars as 

 the different fiscal years of each country. 



Each member agrees in principle to support the program throughout its 

 planned 10-year span; the body of the MOU will remain in force through 

 1993. The contribution baseline is $2.5 million per member, per year. 

 This sum can be changed in response to changes in the cost of the -dri llship 

 lease, which are in turn tied to one of the specialized Producer- Price 

 Indices. The detailed financial arrangements with each-partner are 

 embodied in a short annex to the MOU which is renegotiated annually. 



In return for its contribution, each member is guaranteed certain minimum 

 levels of participation: 



- a seat on each committee, panel, or other instrumentality of 

 JOIDES; 



- 2 representatives on the scientific roster for each cruise leg; 



- 1 co-chief scientist per year; 



- full access to all data and samples and to technical plans and 

 specifications for equipment or techniques developed by the 

 Program; and 



- 100 copies of all publications. 



The MOU's cover only the jointly supported operational aspects of the 

 project. In addition, each country separately provides salaries, travel 

 costs, and research support for its own scientific participants, and for 

 geophysical field studies necessary to select and site drill holes. The 



