Gus hasn't responded to my inquiry. It may well be that with two of the most frequent posters, Johann and Rich, saying they are leaving, and with you and I and very few others posting only occasionally, Gus may well have decided it isn't worth the effort. Like DegreeInfo he was getting a huge number of spammers, shills, denial of service attacks, and all the other joys that go with running a forum.
JWC: Hope your Fourth was wonderful. JBB: Very much so, thanks. In Oregon with children and grandchildren. Put on a dance afternoon, focusing on the music of Issacher Bates, a most unusual bloke who was a Revolutionary War soldier who became a Shaker at age 43 and spent the rest of his life writing some splendid peace songs.