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ICAO ADOP (Aerodrome Design and Operations Panel) My final report was submitted to IFATCA and NATCA on 12/12. Work is ongoing with the ADOP. The next meeting is scheduled for July 3 - 7, 2017. A full report will be completed once the official meeting minutes is distributed. ICAO AOWG (Aerodr ome Operations Working Group) The AOWG is re sponsible for the development of SARPs and the PANS procedures pertaining to emergency response at and in the vicinity of aerodromes. Work is ongoing. ICAO - Runway Saf ety Action Plan Working Group This group is reviewing Runway Safety Programme achievem ents, objectives , and priorities, and develop ing a Runway Safety Action Plan for the future. The working group is split into three sub - groups all of which IFATCA/NATCA is presented by Bridget Gee on: Data Review Sub - Group Hazard Identification and Risk Ass essment Sub - Group Runway Safety Action Plan Sub - Group The Runway Safety Action Plan Working Group is in the process of reviewing runway related accident reporting data, reviewing applicability of runway related accident sub - categories – scope of Runway Sa fety, reviewing Runway Safety indicators and metrics, and identifying Runway Safety data breakdown required for analysis and to be available on iSTARS. The Working Group is also doing a safety risk assessment of Runway Safety category and sub - categories, will confirm Runway Safety risk priority, and identify mitigation measures The Action Plan will be presented at the 2017 Global Runway Safety Symposium in Lim a in November for endorsement. The purpose of the Action Plan is to strengthen runway safety init iatives at a global level. The Runway Safety Action Plan Working Group will make recommendations to the GASP Study Group to assist the development of the 2020 - 2022 editions as well as develop new Runway Safety Action Plan. WEATHER Matt Tucker (ZTL) is NA TCA's Article 114 Representative for Weather. His update for the membership is below. Collaborative Decision Making Weather Evaluation Team (CDM - WET) The WET met at the Aviation Weather Center during the summer weather experiment in Kansas City. The team discussed validation of the TFM Convective Forecast (TCF), which replaced the Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP). The TCF is published every two hours and forecasts out to eight hours on a rolling two - hour cycle. The Weather Service is conduc ting the evaluation of the TCF to measure the accuracy of the forecast based on radar replays. The summer weather experiment had three forecast desks that had specific focus on weather issues in the NAS. One was focusing on Ceiling and Visibility forecas ts as it