oh well! Now that we have had the EMS roll out
it is pretty obvious it is meant for this year. It was the use of the word "several" that threw us all off. several would mean a week or two at the most. Since it was posted before the dates mentioned, it was easy to assume it was meant for last year. Excellent ! Thank you for pointing this out.
I also will assume this is why Q is always telling us to reread his posts.