It looks like there is good reason to believe referrals will begin arriving Thursday. UPDATE: Also a reason to believe that at least some of the 8/24′s will be included.

One agency is confirming that there is a package on the way to them, hopefully to arrive Thursday. Another agency confirms that they spoke with the CCAA last night and the CCAA says that referrals have not yet been mailed and they don’t know when they will be mailed.

One U.S. agency reports receiving NSN TA’s today.

It is important to remember that the CCAA does not think of the referrals as belonging to a calendar month. They put one batch out about every 30 days (23 to 38 days, actually, if you look at the past year) and that is just the next batch that is not in their minds tied [...]

One of the European agencies has posted on their website something that says (I think) that the delay is because of the “highest number of allocations” and that the normal process that documents must follow is being delayed. And then they ask people to stop calling them because they are apparently “collapsing” the phones. (machine [...]

We’ve had a party or a vigil for over a week now. So, we’re not having one tonight. Ya’ll feel welcome to comment and talk about stuff, but we aren’t calling it a party. Of the agencies who are talking, some say the cut-off is the 23rd, some say the 24th, and one says the [...]