I'm all for openness. I also think it is appropriate to give staff a reasonable period of time to resolve the problem. Frankly, the only place I have heard about the problem is on the reflector. So far as I can tell from the comments thus far there has been some delay in issuing or reissuing LoTW certificates but no one has been harmed. Unless there is reason to think the fix is going to take some time it seems reasonable to wait for the fix to make a public announcement. It doesn't seem to be a big or pressing issue with the members. Lets not make it bigger than it is. Jay, K0QB -----Original Message----- From: dick@pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 5:22 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: dsumner@arrl.org; hkramer@arrl.org; nn1n@arrl.org; jbloom@arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:18143] Re:Logbook of the World Problem 2 OCT 2009 - 1720 CDT I have been watching to see if there is any public announcement of the LoTW certificate problem that's existed over the past few weeks. As of this date, I have not seen any sort of a web site posting or a mention in the current weekly ARRL Newsletter. The public relations (credibility) damage is now done. But further delay in making this public is only making things worse. When are we going to tell the LoTW users about it? When is this certificate problem going to be resolved? - Dick, W9GIG