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STARS Enhancements 4 th Line The task team discussed the concepts for how passing of 4 th line between t ermin al and center should work. Items discussed were an on/off switch for the functionality adapted for each approach control; both hosted and non - hosted approach behavior, a local 4 th line (one that would not pass to terminal) and a unique command the user wou ld enter to have a 4 th line element pass to approach. SMG/BMG Slides Steve Snyder provided information regarding the SMG update information sent out earlier in the week. Full Data Block Refinements Rob briefed the team on the decisions made regarding FDB changes as a re sult of last week's evaluation. The briefing material was sent to the team as a reference. There will be another evaluation at the end of November for specific FDB attachment points, the team will be briefed on the outcome once the evaluati on is completed. ICAO Full Template The updated version of the use case was discussed. The goal is to better organize and present information in the full template to make it easier for the user. The task team will continue to develop the use case for furt her team discussion. ER 177574 Keyboard Macro – Prioritized as a 1B ER 160556 Improving Fault Tolerance – Prioritized as a 1C ER 180892 VCI Indicator – Prioritized as a 1A ER 180234 CFR Readout – Prioritized as a 1A ER 180892 Auto VCI Color The team d iscussed and reached consensus on the problem statement, its desired behavior is to change the color of the Auto VCI to the same green col or as the Manual VCI indicator. Once all team members concur the problem statement will be sent to SLE. ER 180234 CFR Route Display The team discussed and reached consensus on the problem statement, its desired behavior is to change the adaptation capability of the CFR to mat ch that of the ACL route field. Once all team members concur the problem statement will be sent t o SLE. ER 176946 Route Processing due to Step Climbs The team discussed and reached consensus on the problem statement, the desired behavior is to provide the capability to retain step climb wa ypoints in filed flight plans. Once all team members concur th e problem statement will be sent to SLE. ER 182677 Excessive Trajectory Penetrations The team discussed the draft problem statement, its desired behavior is to correct a situation where routes that have more than the allowable number of FAV penetrations a re not processed correctly. Another solution discussed was rejecting amendments that fit this criteria and providing an eas y to understand Reject message. The problem statement will be discussed again next week. ENTERPRISE - INFOR MATION DISPLAY SYSTEM (E - ID S) Amanda Hodge (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for Enterprise - Information Display System (E - IDS) work. Ms. Hodge's report for the membership is below.