As you may imagine, responding to concerns about the ML Program would normally be in Sarah Mackey's domain. In late February, Sarah took an unexpected personal absence that was so sudden, we had no immediate ability to backfill her work. At that point, it had already been 2+ since she sent out her previous communication to MLs and we were aware folks were waiting for next steps. We made the choice to communicate sooner rather than to wait.
The benefit of that is that you received information, sooner. The downside is that we can't respond as quickly as Sarah would have been able to. Since we're covering for Sarah, we're juggling her role on top of our own, so thank you for your patience.