I am a total newbie to Joomla, but I am not aware of "rites" being part of this environment. Sounds like paganism to me. I would have thought that "rights" are perhaps more appropriate?

I was able to install the components easily, but I could not delete any user posts. I also couldn't re-open a closed ticket, or figure out how ticket numbers are generated or used.

I think this has great potential, but is far from being usable in a production environment, unless it is all my lack of understanding (quite possible!).