Li already told them to start with the Scarlet Garden and wrote a petition to Central N+1. What more do you want? A kick in the hindquarters?
What I'm trying to tell you, AK, MV and IS is that you're free to assume the leadership is a-okay with them going to Nicole's old home yard and start doing stuff. You can skip the bureaucracy at your leisure and get to doing stuff.
EDIT: Added Mikael's and Li's parts to my newest Spirit World post.