After reading the post a couple of questions do rightfully come to mind. How are those funds being spent apart from paying for the regular server/hosting fees and moderators salary? If the forum reserves are sufficient enough to buy an island, one will always ask the question about why the new/updated forum was never completed.
The forum reserves should be good enough to buy an island.
Maybe it is time to start our own republic somewhere in the ocean.
That way we can tell the US to gf himself.