I am forwarding this to ODV at Dave Patton's request. There will be a new story on our website about this shortly. Regards/73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B ARRL Chief Operating Officer 860 594 0220 From: Patton, David NN1N Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:10 PM To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Subject: Deletion of Malyj Vysotskij Island from DXCC -- According to the Finnish Ministry of Transportation and Communication, the Saimaa Canal Treaty between Finland and Russia has been finalized by relevant Finnish and Russian authorities through ratification. The Treaty has entered into effect with a date of 17 February, 2012. Malyj Vysotskij Island (MVI), R1M, is no longer included in the Treaty. Thus MVI will be deleted from the DXCC list as of 17 February, 2012, and added to the Deleted Entities List. Administratively at HQ, we will not make the necessary changes to the DXCC system until after the final data processing for 2011 is complete - this includes the tables shown in Logbook of the World. DXCC members will see their current entity totals drop by one on their Mixed awards, and on the bands and modes where MVI credit is given. They will also see their DXCC Challenge totals drop commensurately. --