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SURFACE CONCEPT TEAM (SCT) Kyle Andrews (ORD) is the NATCA Representative to the Surface Concept Team (SCT) for Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). Mr. Andrews forwarded the infor mation below for the membership: Due to Severe Weather Avoidance Program season, there was no recent activity for the Surface Concept Team and the next meeting is not expected until September. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MOD ERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the TAMR Article 114 Representative for NATCA. His re port to the membership is below: It was another busy four weeks for the NATCA TAMR team - fo ur IOCs (Initial Operating Capacity), two Joint Site Surveys ( JSS), and R8 software testing. There was also n umerous coordination with facilities throughout the NAS to ensure each facility has what is needed software wise. SRQ (new tower), MKE, BFL, and PIA all joined the TAMR STARS family. Minor issues during IOC were reported but with the on - site NATCA Operational Support Facility (OSF) personnel and NAT CA floorwalkers most, if not all, are resolved. Mr. Rose attended the monthly TAMR Article 114 telcon , which focused on ARTS 1E/STARS LITE adaptation issues, an update on weather sources, and Co mmon Terminal Digitizer (CTD). We're s till working with OSF to ensure when adding the ARTS 1E/STARS LITE facilities to larger sites , Inter - Facility Data still passes as before. We d is cussed the weather on the glass. Operational Needs Assessment (ONA) should have initially been titled and research conduct ed on a new source of weather. We're w orking with AJV requirements, James Keith (NATCA AJV), a nd Matt Tucker (NATCA WX Rep). The CTD is now deployed to three sites and evaluation is stil l ongoing. ROA, RFD, and BFL all report minor issues with the display of weat her which we believe is associated with AP. A m eeting was held with the PMO, AJV, and Raytheon reference Plain Languag e Document (PLD) on June 27th. This meeting was to ensure that when a new software build is deployed , the proper training materials will be distri buted throughout the NAS. The A gency in the past has distributed just the document and relied on each facility to resea rch and train their workforce. NATCA TAMR is pushing for a training document to be distribu ted which will ensure nothing at the facility level is missed. The first PLD/training document should be in the field prior to R7 software deployment in Sept 2018. Mr. Rose also attended the TAMR Strategic Software Planning (SSP) telcon, DSM JSS, RFD Post IOC, TAMR Risk Board, and GCN Stamp review. Deployment of STARS concludes in Dec ember 2019 with the Corpus C hristi tech refresh. Segment 2, which is ARTS 2E to STARS transitions , conclude Apr il 15, 2019. We are nearing th e end of the deployment phase . Sustainment, integration of new technology, and software improvements will al l need to continue after 2019. With a new Operating System due in 2020 and continued advancements in technology , the need for