After consulting with Tom Knauff and Burt Compton about this over the
weekend. The general opinion is that 1) probably the FAA will allow the
"inspect and fly" per the TN but just got their wording wrong and 2)
you should go ahead and repair it as then you don't need to inspect it
any longer and it looks better in the sailplane log book.

BTW: your cumes may be getting good but I live in Chicago and have a
few months to go. ;-)