Ya know there was a thread Ideas for expanding ZCAP
You don’t (or didn’t at least) need to be invited, the ZFND could admit long standing members at it’s discretion via the link to the form right there in the article that came two weeks before (one month ago) deadline which isn’t all that insignificant of a window. I can’t say whether it should or shouldn’t be re-opened, I dont have the information but, again, the door swings both ways and you can’t shell off quite all of the blame here.