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MEMBERSHIP AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT THE NATCA STORE ITEM OF THE WEEK: Pocket Coolie Features of this product : NEW AND IMPROVED LOOK! Keep your drinks coo l in our NATCA Pocket Coolies! It's made from a collapsible 1/8″ thick insulator foam that easily fits cans. A vailable for immediate shipment. Product comes in a bundle of 10. They are light weight, easily portable, and fit well into your pockets! Made in USA. Price: $10. To see the item and how to order : Click here . Select USPS or UPS as your shipping preference on your orders. To check on stock availability or for further assistance, call 800.266.0895 or email nat castore@natcadc.org . Please view the n ew trendy store items at www.natcastore.com . SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT (Report for the week of July 2, 2018) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIE S & OCEANIC PROCEDURES (ATOP) John Lenhart (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for Advanced Technologies & Oceanic Procedures (ATOP). Mr. Lenhart's report is below. Items worked: T26 ATOP Tech Refresh ASEPS WP1 Oceanic OCP In l ate May , ZOA came up on the latest ATOP build, T26. Minutes into the drop , ATOP experience d a full failure. In less than 30 minutes ZOA was able to fall back to T25 and were fully operational. NATCA, FAST, Tech Ops , and the Tech center investigated and found that T26 was delivered without specific fixes needed to operate without failure. After testing and ensuring T26 is good to go, ZAN came up on T26 the week of June 11 and so far, it has been operating satisfactory. ZOA will be next , the n ZNY. NATCA and the ATOP program Office met collaboratively to discuss changes in the ATOP Tech Refresh dynamic. Tech Refresh brings faster processors and enhanced syncing capability , as well as updated hardware to the ATOP platform. The original August SSM date cannot be met and it has been agreed upon to slide that date to December. After that will be ZAN receiving ATOP TR2, followed by ZOA and then ZNY. NATCA's input was to amend the benchmark two months to the right to ensure the capabilities were set. The Agency documente d NATC A's input and possible impacts and decided to keep the benchmark date , but agreed to facilitate a NATCA/FAA test two times prior to the proposed SSM date. NATCA feels these tests will be more operationally thorough than what the engineers would test. The ASEPS SRM report is complete and the Agency and NATCA have both discussed ASEPS with the GAO. At this time, we are waiting to hear about the investment decision