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The team received a briefing from Tom Neilson, DCC International Staff Office, about the progress being made on the Mexican Route negotiations. The goal is to produce a CCFMEX – ATCSCC MOU that will spell out coordination a nd use of routes through Mexico similar to those used through NAV Canada's airspace. The team coordinated with Nancy Smith and her NASA team to participate in a Human in the Loop Testing (HITL) of the Integrated Departure Management ( IDM) tool in early No vember. This next round of HITLs will attempt to integrate additional "complications" into the scenario, such as variable winds, changing arrival rates , and compliance issues. The FET team meets next on Oct . 10 - 12. NAS MONITORING EQUIPMENT (NME) Corrie C onrad (PDX) is the N ME Article 114 Representative. Ms. Conrad's report to the membership is below. There was a policy change to the 6750.24 that states when the Far Field Monitor alarms you are no longer required to downgrade from a CAT II approach to a C AT I approach. AJW - 143 in OKC has finished developing version 3 (Restricted) which will update the software for this change, but will not update any other version of the software such as approach lights, engine generators, etc ., li ke SFO and OKC currently have. They were attempting to update the HOU UIC but were delayed to Hurricane Harvey. They hope to have it updated before the moratorium. The plan is to update th e remaining systems in FY2018. This is not upgrading any systems only updating the software so that controllers can use it accurately in the operation to meet the policy change. REMOTE RADIO CONTROL SYSTEM (RRCS) Corrie Conrad (PDX) is the R RCS Article 114 Representative. Ms. Conrad's report to the membership is below. A meeting will be held o n Oct. 3, 2017 to confirm that the new RRCS Controller Display Unit (CDU) 19 - inch physical size requirements stated in the RRCS Performance Specification (FAA - E - 3037) are compatible with available ATCT space at existing RRCS Type F A - 10266 sites. The initi al design was too big to be a "drop in" to replace the existing RRCS display. We will decide if the RRCS CDU is still acceptable on a smaller display that can be dropp ed in to replace existing CDUs. SURFACE CONCEPT TEAM (SCT) Kyle Andrews (ORD) is the NAT CA Representative to the Surface Concept Team (SCT) for Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). Mr. Andrews forwarded the information below for the membership. The SCT and CAT held a joint meeting at the ATCSCC on Sept . 27. Also attending were representative s from major airlines, NBAA, NASA , and MITRE. The following are some notes from the meeting.