Jim, the website at Rackspace was running slowly at times since yesterday afternoon. Additional server capacity has been added and it appears to be functioning normally now.

Dave K1ZZ

From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Jim Weaver K8JE
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:42 PM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:21256] Company Store Site

All,

I received a note from a rather irate friend who complained he was gave up trying to place an order through the ARRL online store because the system was running so very slowly.  Being a good DXer, he tied this experience in with recent (as well as earlier) difficulty with LOTW.

My Question:  Was the store running slowly within the past 48 hours or so?  If so, why?  If there was a problem is it fixed permanently?

This experience to me reminds me of an admonition my mother gave me many years ago -- i.e. "It takes a long time to develop a good reputation after a bad impression has been made.  Between the bad impression made through the then-new web site and the repeated bad impressions made with LOTW, it seems imperative to me that we pull out all the stops to avoid putting the League in a bad light with the amateur radio public for at least many years to come.  How many times must we shoot ourselves in the foot before we learn the lesson?

Jim

Jim Weaver, K8JE

Director, Great Lakes Division

5065 Bethany Rd.

Mason, OH 45040

Tel. 513-459-1661; e-mail K8JE@arrl.org

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