Was it really all solely organized by this guy? Impressive. I'm surprised they don't have enough sponsors for him to pay himself. It could fairly easy be made into a hiring funnel of sorts, no?
I suggest he open a patreon and say "I need this much money to survive for one year because of this this and that reason" and send the mail to .. everyone<p>I can assure you he'll have his finances covered in less than a month lol.
I remember some people were mad at him when the seemed-to-mostly-work Wordpress site was replaced with the seemed-to-mostly-not-work custom SPA CMS several years ago. I wonder what ever came of that. I did not have direct contact with him at any point. I did hate that it was a SPA.
That is a bummer. I’m sure tons of people would have been happy to step up. Community is honestly something fragile that needs to be supported by more than one or two people. So many takers, hardly any givers to be found.