Index: apps/app_queue.c
===================================================================
--- apps/app_queue.c	(revision 48237)
+++ apps/app_queue.c	(working copy)
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@
 		unsigned int wrapped:1;
 		unsigned int timeoutrestart:1;
 		unsigned int announceholdtime:2;
+		unsigned int announceskippos:1;
 		unsigned int strategy:3;
 		unsigned int maskmemberstatus:1;
 		unsigned int realtime:1;
@@ -608,6 +609,7 @@
 	q->maxlen = 0;
 	q->announcefrequency = 0;
 	q->announceholdtime = 0;
+	q->announceskippos = 0;
 	q->roundingseconds = 0; /* Default - don't announce seconds */
 	q->servicelevel = 0;
 	q->moh[0] = '\0';
@@ -788,7 +790,9 @@
 			q->announceholdtime = ANNOUNCEHOLDTIME_ALWAYS;
 		else
 			q->announceholdtime = 0;
-	 } else if (!strcasecmp(param, "periodic-announce")) {
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "announce-skip-position")) {
+		q->announceskippos = ast_true(val);
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "periodic-announce")) {
 		ast_copy_string(q->sound_periodicannounce, val, sizeof(q->sound_periodicannounce));
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "periodic-announce-frequency")) {
 		q->periodicannouncefrequency = atoi(val);
@@ -1239,12 +1243,15 @@
 	ast_moh_stop(qe->chan);
 	/* Say we're next, if we are */
 	if (qe->pos == 1) {
+		if(qe->parent->announceskippos)
+			goto playout;
+		
 		res = play_file(qe->chan, qe->parent->sound_next);
 		if (res && valid_exit(qe, res))
 			goto playout;
 		else
 			goto posout;
-	} else {
+	} else if(!qe->parent->announceskippos) {
 		res = play_file(qe->chan, qe->parent->sound_thereare);
 		if (res && valid_exit(qe, res))
 			goto playout;
@@ -1305,11 +1312,13 @@
 			if (res && valid_exit(qe, res))
 				goto playout;
 		}
+		
+	} else
+		if(qe->parent->announceskippos)
+			goto playout;
 
-	}
-
  posout:
-	if (option_verbose > 2)
+	if (!qe->parent->announceskippos && option_verbose > 2)
 		ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_3 "Told %s in %s their queue position (which was %d)\n",
 			    qe->chan->name, qe->parent->name, qe->pos);
 	res = play_file(qe->chan, qe->parent->sound_thanks);
Index: configs/queues.conf.sample
===================================================================
--- configs/queues.conf.sample	(revision 47972)
+++ configs/queues.conf.sample	(working copy)
@@ -92,8 +92,13 @@
 ; or "less than 2 minutes" when appropriate.
 ;
 ;announce-holdtime = yes|no|once
-
 ;
+;
+; Skip position announce (say only the estimated hold time, if configured above)
+;
+;announce-skip-position = no
+;
+;
 ; What's the rounding time for the seconds?
 ; If this is non-zero, then we announce the seconds as well as the minutes
 ; rounded to this value.