RIPE backlog

I submitted an ASN request to hostmaster in April 27 and got back:

Please note that currently our working wait queue is long and you might have to wait up to a week for an initial response from a hostmaster. We are sorry for this delay and we are doing our best to bring the response times back to normal as soon as possible.

We are now well past one week. I think the RIPE NCC should at the very least be sending out notices to its customers in the hold queue that they are still backlogged. Are others waiting just as long? -Hank