I invested in NEM back at the creation, but have never claimed my share, and still have my secret token. How can I redeem my NEM?
You basically lost it as it expired close to one year ago.
Surely there must be some way to redeem it and my amount is still sitting in the pool somewhere. When I invested originally I never saw it advertised as time-restricted or anything. You can check my name on the original list.
There is no way to redeem it because none of those systems ar in place anymore. There was a portal setup for that. If we let 1 redeem we open the floodgates.
Also I don't think anyone still has "the original list". I deleted all my copies of everything related to redemption with a huge smile on my face knowing that it was finally over. Sorry to say that, but that sounds like a awkward statement.
In a 'normal' work environment, no one would delete works related files... You may archive files, but nobody would delete them. It simply doesn't exist.
If I delete files of a superseded project, i'm pretty sure my boss would fire me straight away, with all the rights of the case.
You always keep a copy somewhere, You will never know what's going to happen, not to mention the legal aspect of that

Imagine if someone will suit you.. and you don't have files to prove that you may be right. You are simply screwed.
But mostly, it sounds really unprofessional too.
So, better to say that you don't want to do it. But please, never say that you cannot do that because you delete files. Please...

It's really an awful excuse.

The reason for the deletion is clear to me: Closure with no going back. I'm sure it was apparent to everyone that as soon as NEM got any semblence of value people like yourself would be coming to this thread.