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future scenarios such as runway clo sures to determine the effect on AAR and/or if a Ground Delay Progra m (GDP) needs to be considered. Unfortunately getting a base line program working has been a challenge. ADEST currently goes back and forth between development and staging phases trying t o correct basic issues such as updating weather and calculating the AAR correctly. Once a base line is operational, the team will start collecting specific details associated with individual airports. AIR TRAFFIC PROCEDURES (AJV - 8): Andy Marosvari (BOI) i s the Article 48 Representative in the AJV - 8 Office. Mr. Marosvari forwarded the summary below for this update. The work of the 7110.65 Revision Steering Committee completed work on 15 changes to the .65. The process can be frustratingly slow but our voic es are being heard. Andy will be sending out a request for proposed changes within the next month. The process by which these proposals are accepted may change but NATCA will have the opportunity to effect changes that will clarify confusing paragraphs and limit the need for interpretations. As the Article 48 representative in the Procedures office at HQ, Andy has been able to be part of almost all of the changes that the FAA is proposing. It took almost a year to foster a working relationship with AJV - 8 that allows NATCA to be part of the process from the beginning to end. It's not perfect and some changes have been in the works well before the Article 48 position was created. Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions. Andy participated in a DATA C OMM meeting June 7 - 9 in Washington, D . C. The use of DATA COMM in the en route environment will begin at Indianapolis ARTCC in 2017. The purpose of the meeting was to identify those paragraphs in the 7110.65 that will need to be changed or created to provid e guidance for the controller workforce. Andy has been working with the FAA on Document Change Proposals (DCPs) for Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) and Dependent Convergin g Instrument Approaches (DCIA). The FAA just announced that some publications will no longer be printed for distribution to field facilities. Included is the 7210.3, Facility Operation and Administration. This Order contains guidance that governs how we do our job and the decision to discontinue the printing of this Or der was made without NATCA input. Professional Standards Update The Professional Standards National Committee conducted three recent training classes with a total of 58 new committee members trained. The two classes held for ATC were in Salt Lake City an d Boise. A class was held in Westbury, NY for Region X committee members. To date, over 600 committee members have been trained to perform as committee members. NATCA has committee members in every facility in the NAS.