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o September 2, 2015, tim Poer (ABI) dialed into the GPT Site Implemtation review telcon. o September 2, 2015, Bill Spence (BTV) dialed into the EVV IOC planning telcon. EVV is the next ARTS IIE site to transition from ARTS IIE to STARS. They are schedul ed for September 18, 2015. o September 3, 2015, Jim VanZee (GRR) and Dan Stefko (Region X) attended the TOL Initial Site Survey (ISS) out brief for their STARS G4 ELITE system. o September 3, 2015, Scott Robillard (K90) dialed into the STARS Strategic Planning Meeting. o September 3, 2015, Scott Robillard (K90), Time Poer (ABI) Joe Yannone and Frank Stahler (Region X) dialed into the TAMRp3s2 (ARTS IIE to STARS G4 ELITE) - Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD) & STARS G4 ELITE Schedule Updates. o Septemb er 3, 2015, Joe Yannone and Frank Stahler (Region X) dialed into the Dialed into the AVL ASR - 8/BI - 5 Radar Coverage Assessment (RCA) I Checkpoint 1 Telecon. o September 3, 2015, Scott Robillard (K90), Joe Yannone and Frank Stahler (Region X) dialed into t he ASR - 8 Digitizer Service Area Implementation Monthly Teleconference. TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM): Matt Baugh (IAH) is the Article 48 Representative for TFDM. This project also includes the Advanced Electronic Flight Strips (AEFS) and the Electronic Flight Strip Transfer System (EFSTS). Mr. Baugh's report is next. · This week was slow due to the concentration on the CLE AEFS system upgrade and testing and the holiday next week. · TFDM: No changes from last week's report . · AEFS: Regression testing took place on the mid shifts all week in CLE's new tower. The testing went well enough and the systems stability issue seems to have been fixed. However, there are still issues to be fixed in the next build reference strip marking and progression that we need to work on before we are able to go IOC in the new tower. · EFSTS: The EFSTS keypad replacement keysite choices were narrowed down and the team is looking at making the final decision shortly. TIME BASE D FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM): Eric Owens (I90) is the Article 48 Representative for TBFM. Below is Mr. Owens' report for this week. · Last week the TBFM Ops Team participated in two activities. o A group of us went to SCT and SAN to provide Inte grated Departure and Arrival Capability (IDAC) Training to the controllers, TMCs and STMCs. This activity went very well and IDAC should be up and running at SCT and SAN within the next few weeks. This week we will complete the training at SCT and SAN. In addition, we have a couple of members going to SNA to train their controllers. o The second activity the Ops Team participated in was OAPM HITLs at MITRE. The adaptation being used at this event appeared to be different than the one agreed to by the facilities. This issue is being