I got an email from Carrie (!), and she said that she's trying to get Red Quanta to pay up, but they're more than four months behind pay. I guess they pay her, then she divides it out to whoever is owed. She stated that if she were to back out and say to RQ "forget it, figure out the pay yourself", nobody would get paid.
Yes, it's frustrating to wait (and wait, and wait...), but it does appear that the $$ is coming. I've now been paid twice. Still waiting on $564 myself.
FWIW, Carrie also said that she reads the posts about her and RQ, so there's that.