Agreed. For once they did give plenty notice. It was on facebook, and the main page, and the forum a week in advance. This is plenty warning time and good communication. I´ld like to see this for all future updates.
If you can´t be bothered to keep yourself updated by any of the above (or talk about it on any chat channel where I remember it being discussed several times), than honestly what are you complaining about? Do you need to get a written letter for a recurring, predictable thing?