Have these issues been resolved? When will they be resolved?
Beats me, the ombudsman sent an error riddled report to the board which is supposed to do something about it. Perhaps Vittorio knows where it stands.
I dont think disparaging their interest in involvement is warranted.
Nobody's disparaging their interest in involvement. Why are you bringing up this red herring? The problem is that they're asking to join the wrong piece of ICANN. If they wanted to join the GAC or the IP constituency, they wouldn't qualify there, either.
We had enough trouble dealing with outfits that don't meet the criteria (they belong in the NCUC) but for some unfathomable reason really really really want to be ALS, then get the ICANN ombudsman involved who doesn't understand the ALS rules either, leading to an incredible bureaucratic timesink that distracted the ALAC for months.
R's, John