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· Metroplex Study Team o Participated in meetings with the Las Vegas Metroplex Study Team to prepare the presentations for the final outreach meeting to be held on October 29 o Multiple telcons with NATCA airspace representatives to discuss issues concerning Metr oplex community outreach efforts and other outstanding issues o Participated in the Final Facility Outreach for the Las Vegas Metroplex Study Team at the McCarran Aviation building on Thursday, October 29 in Las Vegas. Participants included representativ es from ZLA, L30, LAS, LSV, and LGT o Began the initial documentation work for the Las Vegas Study Team Final Report o Participated in Telcon reference upcoming Las Vegas Study Team facility and industry outreaches and the need for an additional airport outreach as the conduit for community outreach information o Participated in weekly Metroplex Staff Telcon o Participated in weekly OSG Telcon o Participated in weekly Metroplex Leads Telcon o Upcoming Activities: § Las Vegas Study Team Fi nal Industry Outreach Meeting – Nov 5, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Documentation Development – November 3 - 19, 2015 § NATCA Art. 48 Tech Rep Meeting – New Orleans – November 17 - 19, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Report Due – November 20, 2015 § Metroplex S ummit – February 2016 o Submitted by Metroplex Study Team Art. 48 Ed Hulsey · NATCA National Airspace Rep o Discussed community outreach and other activities with Jodi McCarthy (Director of Airspace Services) and Frank Black (Deputy Director of A irspace Services) o Participated on the weekly OSG Telcon o Participated on the weekly Telcon with John Brandt, Mitre Airspace Lead o Participated on the NAS NAV Strategy Telcon o Participated on the weekly Article 48 Rep Telcon o Had multiple discussions concerning community outreach issues o Submitted by Jim Davis (PCT) NATCA National Airspace Rep DATACOMM: Chad Geyer (ZLA) represents the membership as the DC Based DataComm Article 48 Representative. Mr. Geyer's update for the week is below. · This week a request soliciting for Subject Matter Experts was sent out from the DataComm Program Office. o The SME's will assist with the roll out of Version 12 Tower Data Link Services to 69 sites though out the country. SME's would travel up to 3 weeks per month to various TDLS facilities. o SME's would also be trained as a TDLS Application Specialist (T AS). This is the person that sets up the adaptation for PDC and CPDLC