Just put one L3+ on solomine to support network.
Yes - there is some problem with newco.in pool - will try to see is it possible to do something. Maybe p2pool software used is quite old.
And what about algo change to be GPU-friendly? - Now with those ASICs everywhere the GPU-community is searching where to put their rigs - and moving away from scrypt algo looks for me as a good idea! The best way - something not @ NiceHash - so the new possible attack is much harder to do.
The second good thing from that - a new wave of PR - the algo-switching is a good-go and positively supported by miners.