Hmmm. What has it cost us in member-relations to introduce something before it is ready to be introduced? Could this be another example of insufficient planning and execution? Another interpretation of this situation could easily be that as goes DXCC processing so goes ARRL. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 Tel. 513-459-1661; e-mail K8JE@arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is Members: The reason ARRL is _____ From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Sent: 06 May, 2011 11:03 AM To: MICKEY COX; arrl-odv@arrl.org Cc: Patton, David NN1N Subject: [arrl-odv:19912] Re: VUCC/DXCC certificate delays? Hi Mickey, I asked Dave Patton to respond to your inquiry: 73, Harold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- We began supporting VUCC in LoTW in January. To date, we have received about 175 applications, with 89 of them via LoTW, and many in concert with a paper application. We have been able to process some of these VUCC applications. There were some teething problems on both the IT and MVP ends that needed to be fixed. Most of these are now resolved and VUCC Certificates are now being printed . However , we have not made any progress with "backfilling" old paper records and, if an application is waiting for that, we have not done them. We do expect to make more progress on VUCC very soon, but MVP has suffered additional staff losses, mostly due to prolonged illness. We are currently interviewing for additional staff but as I have explained before, these are difficult positions to fill. DXCC is slower than we like, but has remained the priority. Any unusually long delays are most likely with applications with individual problems. Dave Patton MVP Manager Harold Kramer, WJ1B ARRL Chief Operating Officer 860 594 0220 From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of MICKEY COX Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 9:58 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19910] VUCC/DXCC certificate delays? ODV, I've heard recently from several members that they have been waiting many months for their VUCC/DXCC certificates, including apparently as long as last November/December! Is this "problem" limited to just members in the Delta Division or is it more widespread? (Or is the waiting period for these certificates now six months or more?) Thanks and 73, Mickey K5MC