Bluecollardollar: There are many developments that have happened that are news worthy, that we never got an NR for.
Whilst a full-fledged news release is required for material news, it always has administrative and financial strings attached. A more light-weight way of sharing non-material news might be to simply use Twitter.
On the other hand, I can understand if the company refrains from doing so, because it can be difficult to distinguish between material and non-material news, depending on the specific case. However, POET could always classify dubious cases as being material – issue resolved.