Connect Developer Program — what should a solo developer do while applications are paused?

The Connect Developer Program access form has been removed, and a team member wrote here that new API access requests are paused with no projected reopening date:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/434761/apply-for-connect-developer-program-access-request-form-down

I build debrief (debrief.fit), an AI training-analysis app for runners. I want one-way Activity API sync: FIT files, each athlete's own data, nothing else.

Three questions:

1. Is there a queue or waitlist a developer can join?

2. Is there another application channel while the form is down?

3. When the program reopens, will it be announced anywhere besides developer.garmin.com?

There's no public forum for the program itself, so I'm asking here.