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An “Internal Issue” at the CCAAThere is supposedly an “Internal Issue” at the CCAA that is preventing referrals from being mailed. I don’t know what this issue is. If anyone has anymore information, please share. If the site here goes down (we are hammering it hard, please be gentle) then I’ll post on the old blogspot site. 
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October 30th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
Well, Da*#! At least that’s some explanation. Just hope the “internal issue” is under control, my mind is running amuck and I am not going to share all the possibilities this just conjured. ACK!!! Sending positive energy to all of those on the brink or referral and TA. Just keep telling yourselves you’ll laugh about this someday… okay, I deserve to be smacked upside the head for that last bit. ACK AGAIN!!!
October 30th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Wow. Just wow. I have a Dec. LID and I am now officially just frightened. Before I was tired, frustrated, angry, etc…. I would take any of those over the feeling I have right now.
October 30th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
That’s a damn fine excuse…….NOT! I am staying by the computer all day today, and will post with a big WAKE UP from down under to you all, if something just does happen with the CCAA site. This seems to be so unfair and I suppose only time will tell because next year I might be just going through those same feelings of very large motion sickness.
My heart goes out to all Aug/Sept LIDS and big hugs. The ride has to end soon.
October 30th, 2006 at 5:19 pm
what could possibly be an internal issue? LID Nov 29, 2005
October 30th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
I’m with you limboforlibby - this kind of craziness makes me really nervous - I can’t imagine what could be going on that they can’t at least post a cut off date so that people can get on with their lives. I can only hope that maybe something has happened and they will be able to match a few more days.
OK - gotta go - hoping we hear some news soon.
October 30th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
Just saw this posted on APC
“Our agency update states that referrals that were expected last week
WILL be on the way this week, they stated that anytime in the next 7
or so days, we will see referrals.”
October 30th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Now that is frightening-my mind is racing as to what possibilities an internal issue could be. Is it the DTC?LID thing?
power struggle? illness? fire? tsunami? alien abduction of the signer of referrals? What the heck?
October 30th, 2006 at 5:27 pm
Internal Issue? Interesting that someone is willing to share that they are having issues. I think they have been having “issues” for some time now and maybe if we knew what it was (good, bad or ugly) then the knowledge would at least give us some piece of mind. I do not know at this point!
October 30th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
good point amygum…doesn’t sound like the CCAA to say their are having ‘an issue’.
and i have to say i actually laughed out loud wrigsassy at your alien abduction comment. we’ve been saying ‘the truth is out there’ for some time now. just as long as they don’t replace the director with Mork from Ork.
October 30th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
If it is really going to take another week or more for referrals to be sent….. IMO, at the very least, they should tell us the cut off date so these August families can stop wondering if they made the cut off or not.
October 30th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
Of course there are “internal issues”. We all hung in there through the move, Hunan trial, and assorted holidays and vacations; I swear they keep trying something different until we all will give up.
I for one cry “UNCLE!!!!”
I’m not patient, never claimed to be, and won’t be after this ridiculous wait. I’m not even going to pretend there’s anything good about this extended wait time….. it just plain sucks.
October 30th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
Well what might help the internal issue is if they get rid of paperwork completed like TA’s and referrals so send them all out right away!!!!
October 30th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
Issues? Really?
-sarcastic smirk-
October 30th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
treehugger….
no kidding….I wonder if CCAA thinks we hadn’t managed to work that one out on our own already…..
It’s awfully hard to do that whole saving face deal…when what is happening looks so much like good old western incompentence….
Just my very very angry .02
Liz in CO
October 30th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
Is this a Halloween “trick?”
I’d prefer a “treat” please!
October 30th, 2006 at 5:44 pm
You know combining this with the statement I read on the August board about 3 people being overlooked from an agency and I’m starting to think they screwed up really bad. Like people were referred out of order or something.
Chuck
LID 8/18/05
October 30th, 2006 at 5:44 pm
can my treat be alcoholic? (can’t even spell it right without the booze!)
October 30th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
ok, this is strange. not just because of the “issues”…i had this strange feeling today at work that we wouldn’t see referrals at all this month. and (wait for it…) that it was because the ccaa was trying to fix the dtc/lid thing. while it would be horribly hard for august lid’ers to continue to wait, maybe we’ll see a HUGE set of referrals towards the end of november (like through sept. ‘05). that would account for a speed-up (and the oct lid referrals in dec rumor) and would sort of fix that whole dtc/lid thing. i know, i’m grasping for a silver lining…but maybe… :)
October 30th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
Sometimes I feel they are doing this so people will drop out of the program. All I know is I am 9/4/06 LID and I am staying until they decide to shut down! Frustrating…I feel sooo sorry for you guys waiting for TAs and referrals this month.
October 30th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
“Internal issue”? As in…a strike? Upper management jailed for smoking crack? A mad gunman and hostages?…Chinese Fire-drill?!?
October 30th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
this is Halloween…this is Halloween…
in our town…don’t we love it now, everyone waiting for the next surprise…
October 30th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
After reading this post, I wanted lay down on the floor, assume the fetal position and cry myself to sleep…
What I did instead was take my faithful dog on a walk down the street until it got dark. I’m feeling much better now and have decided to fix dinner, watch a movie and then take a long bubble bath. I suppose it will do me some good to get away from the cyber world for a bit.
Hoping that tomorrow brings better news!
~KM
LID 8/26/05
October 30th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
I too was pretty down. I just spent 10 minutes playing with my kitty cats. I feel better too. As soon as dh gets home we will walk the dogs. Nice day here in Colorado.
Peace to you all!
8-24-05
October 30th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Got no dogs, no cats, just a pair of running shoes and a whole lot of nervous energy…
October 30th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
I am sooooo glad that I have Yoga class in an hour!!! I definitely need it and I just got home from FL yesterday!
I did love the alien abduction idea!! Where are Mulder and Scully when you need them?? Even the smoking man would be ok with me at this point!
Obviously, us westerners aren’t real bright since we couldn’t figure out there was an internal issue over there.. hasn’t this been going on for a YEAR now??? I’m thinking that we’re intelligent enough to know something is afoot at the CCAA.. I’m blonde and grasped that concept a looooong time ago… :-)
Oh well, there’s still 2.5 months of football left!! It gives me something to look forward to every week…
Crossing my fingers for all of y’all that are waiting…
Claire
LID 10/10/05
October 30th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
I seem to be at these strange place where none of this is phasing me. I don’t know why. Maybe I’m finally becoming desensitized to all the negativity??
Well, I hope they keep matching while they work out their issues!
clem
LID 9feb06
October 30th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
tg- Mork from Ork used to solve things in a half an hour… . That may not be a bad deal.
I’m beginning to lose all hope that we’ll travel in December. What a disappointment.
LID 8/24/05
October 30th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
LostInDespair–
Your Chinese firedrill comment has me rolling. I have a visual of the entire staff of the CCAA running out of various exits of the building, circling and then running back in!! HYSTERICAL
October 30th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
Hmmmm… I’m needing something pretty darn positive right now….. I KNOW!! How ’bout this…… CCAA is having an “internal issue” right now because they discovered one of their workers was doing the matching too slowly!! CCAA has fired this individual and is replacing them with a quicker, more competent worker so that referrals will move more quickly….
How would THAT be??????
Dreaming, I know…
His,
Mrs. U
LID 9-12-05
http://www.makingahouseahome.blogspot.com
October 30th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
It’s always darkest before the dawn…
I just had my 2nd Starbucks of the day. I’ve never had two in one day. I think it’s causing my optimism right now.Still, for those August follks who are in the “dark”….NOT FAIR! Keep holding on. If you feel you’re crashing, we’re all here with a big net to catch you. LOVE LID 9/29
October 30th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
You know, I have been very patient with the whole process up until now. I keep looking to all these referrals that go before me knowing that it will soon be my turn. I feel horrible for those that knew last month that they were next, now not knowing when next is. I just am hoping in my heart of hearts that they are just holding out a few more days in order to get the entire month of August in. I entertained the thought as someone before me mentioned that perhaps they are trying to get people to just give up. Honestly, the thought occured to me, but then I just opened my potterybarn kids mag I just received and on pg. 125 there is a sweet little Asian girl with a gift in her hands, which I decided meant that the gift will be here soon, just hold on.
LID 12/26/05
October 30th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
That painful whacking noise you hear is the sound of my head hitting the keyboard . . . over and over and over. I was fine for the wait to TA until today. Now our agency is telling us not to expect it for a couple of weeks and we likely won’t travel until after Thanksgiving.
And as bad as I feel about that, I feel MUCH WORSE for those of you waiting for referrals. At least I have a sweet little face to gaze upon and an idea that we will have her sometime before too long . . . of course she’s growing older and older and losing time with her family as we wait for this “internal issue” to be resolved.
October 30th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
Yeah, I cried too. I think I scared my kids, but I am over it. I’m not folding that easily. Go ahead, change my wait time from 6 months to 15 months, that’s fine, I can take it. Make me wait 45 days between referrals, bring it on. Vacations, moves, “internal issues”, mixed-up LID dates, re-doing the I-171 and the upcoming, “a dog ate your referral”, will not dissuade me.
I am going to see that baby girl’s face soon!!! Darn it!!!
8/10/05
October 30th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
DH has figured it out: It’s Madonna’s fault.
October 30th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
I had to stay off last night because I was so down and I’m not LID until January and now today this. Although the Chinese Firedrill comment did help and I still grin thinking about it.
I don’t know. When we started our journey we thought 6-9 months. Now we have no idea. And people asking for more $$$$ and we aren’t made of money. Money to renew fingerprints, money to renew the Homestudy, money to redo physicals, money to redo police checks, and money soon for a new I600 probably. This is seriously cutting into the money we saved for travel.
I’m so discouraged right now. I just don’t know what else to say. I can’t imagine how August LID people are feeling.
October 30th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Coartney- your comment about the upcoming, “a dog ate your referral†cracked me up! An all time favorite, to be sure!
October 30th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
Leia, we had to put our sweet old kitty to sleep last weekend. we are so very sad, i know how you love kitties, too. I, too was hoping these rumors were a halloween trick cuz they’re sure not a treat. maybe, RQ will hear something solid soooon. jfk
October 30th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
How about this….the person that does the signing of referrals is having carpal tunnel problems because he has been signing three times as many as he has last month…..Oh….A girl can dream a little……
October 30th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
coartney, i love your attitude and you are right, too.
October 30th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
YIPPEEE, Luna!! I like YOUR answer to this “internal issue”!!!!! Maybe they’ve matched all of August AND September!!!
His,
Mrs. U
LID 9-12-05
October 30th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
this is terrifying. I think I’m subscribing to the “CCAA working through the Sept/Oct DTC/LID from last year” bit.
My other thought was that they are adjusting the time of the month that the referrals come out (earlier in the month) so that they can get two batches out in Jan/Feb time frame before CNY (this idea is only 1/2 baked, but one I’ve been thinking about for a little bit).
I think I need to check out for a while. the stress and emotion is just a bit too much for me.
Buster LID 10/28/05
October 30th, 2006 at 6:36 pm
Is this coming from the CCAA itself or is an agency using these words? Maybe they just wanted to start sending referrals at the beginning of the month instead of the end of the month. This is exhausting!
October 30th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
Wow! Could this month get any more bizarro!?? I am meeting with another Jan LIDer to commiserate tonite, now we’ll have even more to lament about!
Coartney - that dog comment has me cracking up!!
October 30th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
Courtney -You go girl! Hang tough. If you can do it we all can! 8/10/05 - It’s your turn! Never, ever, ever give up. Chinese red light! Come on somebody….we need some humor fast.
October 30th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
I LOVE the Chinese fire drill image. Only as I see it, the chief signing dude knocked over the HUGE stack of referrals ready to go out, and ticked off the Entire staff of CCAA. The result is that signing dude was fired on the spot and has just been replaced by an international team of WAITING PARENTS!!!!!!!!! Mega referrals and TA’s showing up soon!
With hope,
M
October 30th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
I don’t know about all ya’ll , but I’m going to need counselling after all this!!!
October 30th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
I love MeToo’s theory that WAITING PARENTS have replaced the workers at CCAA!!! :)
I have a half-serious notion to put together a team of people to go over to CCAA on a Public Relations (how’s that for diplomacy?!) mission. We could meet the people, see how things are done, and create a video to bring back to educate everyone on how the process of matching takes place. I have a videocamera if someone else wants to be Barbara Walters….
PJ {LID: soon}
October 30th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19961008
Please pay attention to the last paragraph in the above link.
See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Chinese_fire_drill
http://www.answers.com/topic/common-phrases-based-on-stereotypes
http://www.diversitywatch.ryerson.ca/glossary/c.htm
I really hate having to play the part of the PC police, but I also hope that someday we don’t have to explain to our kids why anything chaotic is called “Chinese” - many parents have to fight their school to not have “Chinese Auctions”, which is a really sad state of affairs. Parents then have to explain to their kids that this kind of auction did not originate in China, it’s just called that because ______ (fill in the blanks - what will you say to your child?)
October 30th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
jfk - I am sorry to hear about your kitty )-:
October 30th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Folks - I am really having a hard time with this. We are LID Aug 17th. Over 14 months of waiting (well more than that but 14+ since LID) and finally last month we felt confident that we could say we were next. After not talking about her with friends, family and sometimes each other for months…guarding our hearts about when it would really be our turn…we finally started to get excited over the past few weeks. And now this unexplained delay. Of course, the one month when we think we are “next”, there are no referrals. Sorry for the downer post but this is just really hard.
October 30th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
jfk–My kitty died last week too. I’m so sorry about yours!
All you guys who are “next”–Hang in there. I know this has to be so, so hard; I can’t even imagine. You are all in my prayers and thoughts. Whatever the “internal problem” is, I know in my heart that it cannot possibly be a problem fatal to the process. It will all be revealed in time; it just has to.
Hugs, friends,
MamaC
3/10
October 30th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
You don’t suppose they are having an “Intern” issue instead of internal?
October 30th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
mamac, it’s not easy. I’m sorry, you have my sympathy. Apparently, we have alllllot of Kitty lovers, thanks.
October 30th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
I thought it said “International Issue” , not “Internal Issue” - so I was a little relieved when I read all of your postings.
Speaking of kittys and signs, etc. - My cutest cat in the world brought me a baby mouse unharmed on Saturday and a baby bird this morning (in my bed) - unharmed. I am single and I told him that he is going to be the best Dad - so gentle. This may be a sign that we are headed up the food chain -hopefully soon to a baby girl from China !!!
And, I finally started on the baby room this weekend and typical - now - internal issue !!!!
PS - So sorry to hear about your kitty JFK. I cried for months when my first one died last year at the age of 15.
LID 9-16-05
October 30th, 2006 at 7:32 pm
Sorry about the kitties. I have 2 kitties lounging on their Kitty Condo right now. The guy is 7 years old and weighs 24#s and is really more of a dog. I love my pets….
October 30th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
g of tg, Hang in there. Your day is around the corner, literally. You have been very calm and between you and dh, your daughter is definitely going to have a wonderful sense of humor. BTW, the cell phone drivers around here are terrible drivers, too. Cyber smiles. jfk
Now, where is that TA!!
October 30th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
worthdawait, thanks girl. what did you do with the mouse? OMG, that is funny.
Happy Hour, a 24 lb cat is a huge cat and i would guess very healthy, that’s cool. we have our lab dog, pearl. they become part of the family, it happens.
October 30th, 2006 at 7:41 pm
I am trying to be patient, not get too down, or too angry. It tends to spill over to work and loved ones when I get too bent about the process. I can wait, I have waited this long to have a child, a few more months isn’t unbearable..
I put my kitty to sleep three years ago and I still miss him so much. He was the best kitty ever. Moved from Colorado, to Cleveland, to Tallahassee with me. He was 13.
The baby room is done! My sister, BIL, boyfriend, his sister and my mom and dad got it started last Thanksgiving. Thinking we would be traveling in April, and knowing the Spring Semester is alway very busy. Oh well, just need to know how big she is so we can do some serious clothes shopping. My mom is coming to visit this weekend and we are going to do some shopping with just1more. It should be fun.
This child will be my first, and my family’s first. We are all so excited…Soon, soon, soon. Hang in there everyone, we will see the sweet faces of our children before you know it
ADE
LID 8/26/05
October 30th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
ADE, do you have site? I’m sorry about your kitty, too. My Kitty was a great traveler, also. best wishes to you.
October 30th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
whoever said the dog ate the paperwork…must live at my house with my six dogs….sorry about the kitty that died…I feel like I should say something about all of the responses, but I would run out of room…you all are the greatest group I have every seen….or heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Keep the faith.
October 30th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Seems like people are entertaining various wild ideas - so I thought I’d just throw this into the mix!
Its the “Mercury Retrograde” - delays, misunderstandings, problems with communications and travel - all of these things are HIGHLY characteristic of the present planetary (astrological) climate.
Sorry if this sounds a bit wacky - but I learned about this Mercury Retrograde thing a year or two ago (happens every three to four months) - seems like I see a lot of people (myself included) go through some of the most emotionally draining times during these ‘phases’, primarily due to miscommunications, misunderstandings and delays - I can honestly say I’m not feeling surprised about these current delays, and I believe that the problem will get resolved and things will get back on schedule by next month. For anyone not inclined to totally blow this off, or who is willing to clutch at any straw…thought this could give a tiny bit of reassurance :)
p.s. This ‘phase’ continues until November 17th!!
LID 8/24/05
October 30th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Mercury being retrograde would actually explain a whole lot about the way my entire day has gone.
The one fun thing about times that Mercury is retrograde is that live newscasts are a lot more entertaining.
But, I’m not so sure that it would affect referrals. It would affect communications around referrals, but probably not the referrals themselves.
October 30th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
JFKof3, not much out there yet, but I began setting it up when I was feeling hopeful. Maybe this weekend I will get some updating done.
http://tinyurl.com/gjwxs
A friend of mine made the tinyurl because the whole url gets cut off in e-mails and makes it difficult to find the site properly. Pretty neat huh..
My kitty, Jangles, was a great hunter, in the mountains of Colorado one day he had a ground squirrl in his mouth and was chasing another, this on only three legs. He loved to snuggle, was very bossy and always stayed right at hand when I was sick or feeling down. I have dogs, that I love dearly, but I still miss the kitty.
I am going to pay bills now so I can see how much I can spend on retail therapy this weekend. Still need car seat, not as fun as clothes, but necessary.
ADE
8/26/05
October 30th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
I think that the ‘delays’ and ‘issues with travel’ characteristics of the Mercury Retrograde may however be in force…
October 30th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
I have internal issues too… My heart is sinking. Being LID 8/10/05 - I thought missing by a day was the end of our sadness, but now no referrals in October! The thought of matching into Sept. sounds good - but to hold off sending referrals to mid August LID’ers who have been “close” to getting a referral for far too long, makes me sad. My girl has been waiting and growing older without her family while the CCAA is doing who knows what. And after this, then we wait for TA’s. It’s hard to be excited anymore. I just feel sad and a bit resentful. Why can’t our agencies encourage the CCAA to send out referral matches every two weeks? Even if they were smaller batches…we’d get our children younger and be able to watch the process progress…and be hopeful, not depressed and skeptical.
October 30th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Okay I am on top of this “internal issue”. How about this–the CCAA doesn’t have enough money to pay for the postage of the referrals ? Anyone willing to kick in a little? ;) Seriously, I so hate this for you guys. We are LID 9-5-06-yes 06, but I can’t stay off this site. I feel so bad for the limbo everyone is in right now. Hope tomorrow brings much joy & many referrals.
Margaret