Hi Gang,

Good news is that I have six sets of orders in hand.  Bad news is that the missing set belongs to Germany.  This is his third strike.  He's out.  Too bad, because he's a great guy when he's involved, not to mention he's played a pretty good game.  On the other hand, without the NMR's, we might be much closer to a conclusion.

I will not put the board leader into civil disorder.  That would ruin the whole game.  Accordingly, I've begun looking for a replacement.  I will recruit privately for a day or two first.  If that's not successful, I'll post the opening to the DC board.  I will allow the replacement to submit orders for Fall 1915.  No sense penalizing the person doing us a favor -- that's my
feeling.

You may change your orders or your votes up until the time I have a new set of German orders submitted.  That could be an hour or a few days.

Cheers,
Chris