We should tell him that all of the lights have YET to come on in NY and NJ, as well! Joyce -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org]On Behalf Of Greg Sarratt Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 10:20 PM To: ODV Subject: [arrl-odv:21201] LOTW Not everyone is going crazy. ***** On Nov 8, 2012, at 16:57, "Chuck Lewis" <n4nm@knology.net> wrote: Hey, gang, let's take a deep breath here! Now is not the time to be yelling. Do any of us think the guys trying to put the pieces back together aren't already busting their butts to get our hobby back on track? In the Northeast? In Connecticut? Where we have a disaster ongoing? In Connecticut? Where the League resides? In Connecticut? This is not the most pressing thing in their lives right now; nor should it be. It's only been a year and a half since many of us spent from a couple of days to a couple of weeks without power, using our hobby to restore lives to normal. Have we forgotten? I don't want to belittle the importance of LOTW in our hobby, but it is really counterproductive to complain while the troops are working on the problem. Let's let them get their lives together, fix LOTW (even if it's a jury-rig), and then, after our blood pressure has returned to normal, demand transparency, an accounting of the problem causes, and an explanation of how the system will be made more robust (if that's possible). Until then, I'm gonna shut the hell up! Chuck, N4NM _______________________________________________ Contest mailing list Contest@alabamacontestgroup.org http://mail.alabamacontestgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/contest_alabamaconte stgroup.org