I'm in a similar boat. If they went back to the nice plaques, I would gladly re-order to replace my plastic 5BDXCC and Challenge "plaques".

73,

Mike ND9G

On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 9:11 AM Andy Jezioro <andy.jezioro@...> wrote:

Great news.  I did write to the CEO expressing my displeasure.  If ARRL
goes back to wood plaques I WILL APPLY.  Right now I'm 3 states on 10M
away from 5 Band WAS and 52 countries away from 5 Band DXCC so I really
hope this issue gets resolved quickly.

Andy
WA2ONG

On 6/2/2021 8:17 AM, Ria, N2RJ wrote:
> The issue with the plaques now have the attention of HQ. PSC, the CEO
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