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will set up a Telecom with the sites to discuss the options for G4 IOC. o Ms. Barr attended the STRWG Telecom. D01 CRDA was the hot topic. Plans are to add increased functionality in s6.r3b software. · Friday o Mr. Barr and Ms. Barr attended the weekly TAGUP Telecom. Ms. Barr attended the NATCA SBS biweekly Telecom. SCT issues with tracking were discussed. · STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 1 update submitted by Doug Peterson - D10 o Segment 1 lead Doug Peterson dialed into three planning telcons this week for upcoming transitions at Minneapolis (M98), Atlanta (A80) and Potomac (P CT) and three regularly scheduled weekly telcons for continuous operations at SCT, TAMR staff meeting and the NATCA/TAMR tag - up. § The most significant issue from these meetings is the continuing reports of trackball failures at PCT and the mitigation str ategy. A prototype modified trackball will be delivered by the vendor the first week of September. § There is also a possibility that STARS trackballs could be temporarily replaced by CARTS trackballs, but this could only be for the short - term and carries the disadvantage of postponing any diagnostic and corrective action that needs to take place with the STARS trackballs. § The failure rate at PCT is not significantly higher than other STARS sites, but the impact seems to be greater. o In a meeting wit h STARS system engineering a new requirement for system recovery after power failure was discussed at length. § The issue is that hardware required to support a 60 - second recovery from power failure is no longer produced by any vendor. § New products would have to be created at significant cost. § An alternative is to return to the pre - TAMR requirement of 6 minutes to recover from power failure. NATCA will work with systems engineering to produce a report that details options, risks and miti gations. o NATCA participated in an STR Working Group meeting Thursday to discuss the requirements for three software changes that are planned for the R5 build. · STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 2 update submitted by Scott Robillard - K90 o Aug 25, 20 15, Tim Poer (ABI) and Dan Stefko (Region X) attended the Initial Site Survey (ISS) at ACT. o Aug 25, 2015, Bill Spence (BTV) and Richard Thomas (GEG) dialed into the OSF adaptation Kick Off meeting for COS. o Aug 25 - 26, 2015, Scott Robillard (K90) att ending a S804 Work Group working session for a study of a possible realignment of CHS. o Aug 26, 2015, Joe Yannone (Region X) dialed into the RIO for CTD. o Aug 26, 2015, Bill Spence (BTV) dialed into the EVV IOC planning telcon. o Aug 27, 2015, Ri chard Thomas (GEG) participated in the waterfall change control board. This board makes waterfall recommendation