as its been discussed in another thread, the news page needs someone on it full time and since this is a volunteer site, you can't expect to find someone willing to keep it updated for free. we have had people say they will do it but they fall off after a while.

the site owner, convergent, is busy with his many other projects. he just recently moved and was selling his photography business, all while taking care of his family. not making excuses but we ALL have lives outside of this cyberworld and those REAL lives comes first.

the economy has tightened up a lot of pocket books so you see less members posting up. we still get tons of spam on a daily basis though so someone is still out there coming to our site!

mrailing is here and hanging at the PRO forum. he also has a busy life and that comes first. he had some changes in his life (good ones!) so that took him away.

i have always been around and wont go anywhere. i was here when the last brick was put down and will be here... there are a lot of other staple posters who are here, but with the other sites out there and blogs, competition is up and members now have more places to go for information.

so, no, no one has given up on the site. some leave, some stay....