It only took me several years, but I finally updated/upgraded our forums. The new forums have many, many more features than the old version, as well as greater administrative and security options. Hopefully we won't have nearly the trouble with spam accounts. It looks sparse, but perhaps people will post and make it less sparse. New forums will be created as needed.
Unfortunately, all previous data was erased, including user accounts and old posts. Part of that was poor planning on my part, and I'm sorry if I erased something that you wanted to keep.
FYI - You can choose to either link a forum avatar from another site or upload it directly here for use.