well mark was indeed very kind to keep the board as it is.
if you're interested in saving this forum and making it official again, in my opinion you should try and contact the band. if they're willing to pay the fee (it's 60$ per year, btw, for those who asked) then make 'em pick one of you as administrator and you're set.
as for the amount of spam, i don't see it as either a responsibility or an excuse for the band to stop paying the bill. if 90% of the forum-goers want to make counting threads, there is no band or moderator that can stop them. much in the same way, no band or moderator should kick the fans so wildly in the ass only because the majority does not behave like they would like them to.
rahvin.