ANDY!
Heluva post. I think you have managed to encapsulate the whole thing. The trick is turning some of those negatives into positives.
Unfortunately, I think it would be Atomic who should be turning the keys in many of those areas. Maybe they are doing lots behind the scenes, setting up dates between POET and US investors and/or tech companies. Maybe they can't promote the technology due to the same situation that has management in blackout. Maybe they suck. It's just hard to tell from our perspective which is limited.
Nobody likes waiting, and we've done more than I ever thought possible when I bought my first shares. But over the next couple of months we will be in a position to make a deal with BAE upon completion of MS5&7, and we will complete MS8 at the behest of someone who is already interested. That's enough for me to sleep soundly until the SSC can line up the ducks.