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the lack of automation between the two facilities and the enormous amount of coordination that is required be tween them. Mr. Herrick is working with multiple parties within the Agency in an attempt to configure the two STARS systems as one. Thereby making the Navy system a subsystem of the FAA's and allowing them to share data and improve the operations. The Navy folks as well as FAA management are all in agreement that this i nitiative should move forward. Mr. Herrick must now get all parties on the same page and get the Agency to work the problem from an engineering and requirements perspective. ยท STARS/TAM R Phase 1 update submitted by Jimmie White - PHL o Monday 11/9: TAMR Staff Meeting. No report from NATCA Phase 1. o Tuesday 11/20 : NATCA meeting with auxiliary SMEs for Phase 1. The objective for this meeting was to introduce additional SMEs to the TAMR program, specifically to help the NATCA Phase 1 rep and program as a whole, to maintain 100% presence at every facility meeting du ring tech refresh. The program has reached what we call the " Shark Fin " (spike in closely spaced tech refreshes) and as a resu lt, extra SMEs are needed to maintain consistency with NATCA presence in all matters of a facility upgrade. These duties include, but are not limited to, Initial Site Surveys (ISS), Joint Site Surveys (JSS), Site Implementation Reviews (SIR), Contract Acce ptance Inspection (CAI), Equipment Delivery (ED), Initial Operating Capacity (IOC) and Commis sioning (end of tech refresh). NATCA's presence at these meetings is essential to team TAMR success. The program office has come to realize, without N ATCA, their e fforts will fail. Our relationship across the NAS is unparalleled and has prov ed to be a key winning recipe. With so many upgrades in close proximity, a lot of meeting s stated earlier will overlap. Extra NATCA help is needed to su stain our level of involve ment. o The Phase 1 team members are Jill Carr (TPA), Teah Lord (F11), Aaron Mackesey (S46) and Chris Hilbert (PHL). Each of these members are very knowledgeable about STARS and have participated in tests in Atlantic City, as well as helping out as a Flo or Walker (STARS SME) for Arts IIE sites upgrading to a STARS platform. These women and men have proved themselves within the TAMR program, and will be a valuable addition to Team TAMR. o The meeting also included training material for when they will hav e to give briefings to th e sites they are selected for. In addition, they will help facilitate each sites transition from the Sony 2K monitor to the current MDM. Being that this is new technology to the NAS, each site will need to be prepped and briefed on the changes necessary to take advantage of what the new technology brings to the NAS. FSL to EFSL training along with MDM upgrades are the meat of change during a tech refresh to Air Traffic. Each site is different and requires a relationship that must be forged to l essen confusion and exclusion. o Wednesday 11/21 : National TAMR Telcon o Friday 11/23 : RDO. Tag Up with NATCA TAMR Reps and Program Office Leads. It was learned, NATCAs POC in F11 (Teah Lord) was told by local management to stand down with re gard to ANY decisions made th roughout the F11 tech refresh. This is a first under