Re: A further attempt to reach an authorized StartCom spokesperson brought no response.
I got a response from support several weeks ago about this issue and how my secure sites to which I direct some of my customers were starting so show as insecure in Chrome. I was hoping this mess would be sorted by now, but apparently what I have to do is purchase a certificate which will have all of my certificates combined and signed by what is and will continue to be a trusted root, then they will re-issue all of my affected certificates once the root distrust issue is resolved.
Well, damn.