Might as well finish the story. At least I think it's finished?

There was no reply. Not directly, but there was an email to the group addressing one of my concerns. 

I asked about it today, and got a sort of "yeah, yeah" answer. I guess he heard my problems, is acting on (at least some of) them, but doesn't want to discuss them. 

I guess that works. We'll see if it's actually over.