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STARS in the terminal world. NATCA is w orking closely with the agency to ensure by December 2019 all terminal facili ties will transition to STARS. Updated software and enhancements to inter - facility coordination and messaging are in the works and hopefully be available within the next couple ye ars. The TAMR software team is hard at work ensuring the most important and safety r elated items are worked first. It is a slow process to say the least, but updated software and enhancements are being worked. Due to budget constraints, face - to - face meeti ngs and travel have bee n restricted. Mr. Rose has attended numerous telcons over the last four weeks, which would otherwise have been in person. The Article 114 TAMR meeting was once again shortened and n ot all parties able to attend. This is the second Ar ticle 114 meeting to be changed to telcon only. Dec. 8 will be a telling time for t he PMO and associated programs. If money, at this time, is still unavailable it could impact deployment and implementation. Meetings and site surveys will be rescheduled or canceled altoget her. The NextGen timetable o f January 2020 may not be met. NATCA TAMR is working with faciliti es which deploy STARS on Dec 8 and 9 to change to an earlier date in the off - chance funding is unavailable. We do not want to reschedule facilitie s, which have already trained their folks, rewritten LOAs, and shuffled schedules. Mr. Rose worked with the TAMR PO on travel issues and accounting codes due to the conclusion of FY 2017. This has been an ongoing issue for years and NATCA TAMR has made it known that SMEs will not travel the day of or just after the date funds are set to expire. The TAMR program office is rescheduling meetings and deployments, which coincide with FAA Authorization and funding end dates. New York TRACON (N90) issues with AT Coach have been resolved. N90 is ready to employ AT Coach in each lab to c ontinue and increase training. This was great news and a thank you goes out to John Lizzul (N90) and FacRep Kevin Maney for their patience and in volvement to improve AT Coach. The new terminal AT Coach software will be released NAS wide within the next year. Jimmie White (PHL), TAMR SME, will be working closely with Tom Glaze (TSAS ART 114) to ensure TSAS and TAMR coordinate all testing events and software improvements. Mr. R ose coordinated with Eric Labardini (NATCA SBS) on DA (Duplicate Addre ss) issues with ADS - B targets. Kyle Ness (M98), Ross Costa (RSW), Mike Smith (SCT) and Aaron Rose are in the process of writing a product improvement to mitigate issues associated with A DS - B duplicate address. TAMR/TSAS, IND IOC, YNG Post IOC, TAMR Hardware, Common Terminal Digitizer Risk Board, N90 Post ORD, TAMR PMO Friday meetings, Travel issues, and STARS Strategic Planning were just a few of the telcons Mr. Rose attended. Mr. Scott Robillard (K90 now A90) has taken a leave of absence from the TAMR team. We hope to have him back within six months. Scott has been a part of the NA TCA TAMR team since late 2010. Working with Mitch Herrick and Mark Griffin, Scott made a name for hi mself with his loyalty to Union and team. Scott worked tirelessly with Mark to ensure the foundation was laid for deployment and implementation of STARS and was a natural replacement for Mark upon his retirement. Since 2013 Scott has lead the deployment te am for both Phase 1 (Legacy STARS to TAMR) and ARTS IIE to STARS.