Maybe time to at least move the site to another host, get the data and the pages to a new host like godaddy or something, not really that expensive. When that is accomplished, then concentrate on layout/design and changes you want. Sounds like they almost lost it all. I might even donate time and money if you start being nicer.
i wonder though. Is it possible that we could combine and be one forum? Would anyone b interested in that idea? Like having two forums with different ways of getting to them. i notice Shannon has more than one page on Yoganandaji.org The art work is quite beautiful there. Perhaps i am mistaken but i assume she is repsonsible for that.
Or is that too far fetched for everyone? Just an idea here. What i see is businesses constantly joining up together and becoming stronger doing so. i remember using a Nextel phone and suddenly it was now a Sprint phone because they merged. i also remember using Old Kent Bank suddenly it became Huntington Bank. Perhaps this business analogy is a bad one. But i can see myself changing. One can always ask is it for the better? Both parties can ask that.