hostmaster falling behind

[ Moderator note: changed local-ir at ripe.net -> lir-wg at ripe.net ]


A week ago I sent a request for a new ASN to hostmaster with a response:

>Please note that you might experience an extra delay for the initial
>response from one of our hostmasters. This is due to the current
>number of requests in our waitqueue. We are sorry for this delay and
>we will do our best to bring the response time back to normal as
>soon as possible.

Still no response after 7 days.  Where can we see updates on this matter
via www.ripe.net?  Is there a place to view the queue size?  Is RIPE NCC
hiring more people?  I think the LIRs should be updated - as this is not
the 1st time this year that this has happened.

Thanks,
Hank