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o The week of May 16 th, Er ic Owens had a meeting at ZNY to discuss how to implement TBFM for use at ZNY, N90 , and PHL. The meetings have gone very well and all the faci lities are working to come up with a solid plan to b egin using TBFM in the future. However, this meeting was cut short because there is a concern about sta ffing at all three facilities. The facilities would like a commitment from the FAA that the staffing will increas e to allow for the use of TBFM. Although this meeting was cut short, Eric Owens had Scott Hansen and Kevin Bell (TBFM OPS Team NATCA SMEs) stay at N90 and provide assistance and answer questions about N90s current use of TBFM. o The week of May 23 rd, Tom Glaze (TBFM OPS Team NATCA SME) and Eric Owens attended a Terminal Sequencing and Spacing/Interval Management (TSAS IM) meeting at MITRE. The primary purpose was to determine if the use of IM could enhance TSAS. This was the first meeting and the re was a lot of very good discussion. The meeting included some simulated runs for us to get an idea of the concept. Eric Owens did not believe the traffic volume was set high enough to require the u se of TSAS or IM. There are a lot of issues to work throu gh to make this c ombination work well together. However, this meeting was a good start. They have two more meeting s o ver the next couple of months. o During this week, we also had Matt Gammon (TBFM NATCA SME) at ZSE to assist wit h the implementation of GIM - s. We will continue working with ZSE to ensure GIM - s is successful. However, at this time G IM - s has been turned off again. o In addition, Kevin Bell (TBFM NATCA SME) was in Atlantic City working on the TBFM 4.5 build , which is scheduled to be ke y sited at Z AB in August 2016. o The week of May 26 th , Eric Owens a ttended a 3T meeting at MITRE. This meeting was more geared towards TFDM. However, it is evident that the FAA is continuing its efforts to provide gate - to - gate metering in the future. In my opinion, the addition of electronic flight strips in the terminal facilities will be a goo d addition to the 3T efforts. o ZDV was also at MITRE during this week , conducting HITLs for their MetroPle x project. Eric Owens took a few minutes to discuss some of the issues t hey are facing with this project. ZDV currently meters into D01. With some of the restrictions being looked at, ZDV is concerned that they may no longer be able to meter and that the arrival rate will be significantly reduced. With D01 being one of the key sites for TSAS, they need to ensure that ZDV's ability to use TBFM in the futu re is not negatively impacted. The TBFM OPS Team will continue to work with these facilities. o Scott Hansen (TBFM NATCA SME) was at ZBW for t he implementation of new OPDs.