Well, not really. I don't think it'll be weeks/months/A Long Time before we have some sort of answer to what, exactly, we want to change, and how. In the meantime, unless I missed something big, permission is still entirely grant-able. If anything, we'd go in the other direction, not stop granting permission - I believe the main points of contention were that the process was too formal.

Overall, I think what Neshomeh meant was that the process is going through change, and therefore there's nothing like a Set In Stone sort of rules Ru should be aware of, not that no one can have permission until this is fully decided.

(Of course, this post is just as much of a shot in the dark as yours.)