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§ Metroplex Leads Meeting – San Diego - January 26 - 28, 2016 § Metroplex Summit – February 2016 § Metroplex Leads Meeting – Boston – May 17 - 19, 2016 o Submitted by Metroplex Study Team Art. 48 Ed Hulsey · National Design and Implementation Rep o Traveled to LA for Metroplex leads meeting. o Lynn Ray (VP Mission support) and Jodi McCarthy (Director of airspace services) talked to the leads about community outreach. We are in discussions on how to work additional outreach into the Metroplex and 710 0.41 processes. o The group received briefings from Next Gen, Environmental as well as receiving their budgets for FY16. o Received a briefing on PBN Dashboard training and issues. o Participated on several telcons about community outreach . o Submitted by Mark McKelligan (ZBW) National D&I Rep · NATCA National Airspace Rep o Participated on the weekly t elcon with Jodi McCarthy, Director of Airspace Services . o Participated on the weekly Article 48 t elcon . o Participated on multiple t elcons concerning community outreach for Metroplex and the .41 process . o Participated on a NAS NAV Strategy t elcon . o Submitted by Jim Davis (PCT) NATCA National Airspace Rep DATACOMM: Chad Geyer (ZLA) provides the membership with representative in accordance with Artic le 48 on the DataComm project. Below is Mr. Geyer's update for this week. · This week , facilities from the waterfall sites were at the technical center for the 120 - day briefings. o SMEs spend two days briefing the facilities on upcoming events, how th e system works, show them the system in the lab and view the avionics lab. o The teams will take the information and begin to draft local procedures on how clearance delivery will send revised clearances when they are available. · The En Route SME s w ere in ACY as well to begin to look at the Task and Skills Analysis for En Route training. o This is the first step in training development. o The group also viewed the on frequency indicator and portal CHI. The new CHI will be deployed on the glass someti me in 2016/17. · Met with Julio Henriques, ERAM, and John Glassley, S1P2, to begin discussions on SME involvement for En Route. o Members ca n expect a solicitation for SME s to c ome out in the near future. SME s will be involved in testing, training, i mplementation, procedures and other events as needed. INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM REPLACEMENT (IDS - R): Richie Smith (N90) is the Article 48 Repre sentative to the IDS - R program. His update for the week is below. · NATCA IDS - R Article 48 Representative attended meetings at FAA