In HU's absence I find it might be wise to elect a new Administrator of the site. This would be someone responsible for banning members, appointing moderators, even creating new forums. This would be the all mighty of the forum.
This person needs to have at least 1000 posts. You can't nominate yourself and you need to have at least 50 posts to be counted. We will shoot for the first 25 nominations. This may take a while.
Vote on this person with caution as they could impact the entire forum in drastic ways. I'll of course pull the plug if they go over the deep end. That's not to say I'll question bans, sub forum changes or such. The site is backed up each night and I'll keep at least one months incremental backups in the event of problems.