Voluntary contribution is very respectable, but it wouldn't hurt if theymos opened up that dusty cold storage for the most dedicated contributor.

The new forum software is in the line for a decade, we actually do not know how it's going, how much funds we are spending, what is the progress, will it even become a thing in the near future or it was just a failed project. We know nothing.
I haven’t been here for a decade and so I wouldn’t know or I simply don’t care very much. After all, the forum haven’t been so buggy but, an improved version of what it is today wouldn’t be undesirable, whatever that is and I don’t think it’s another launch into space to take much time.
I do not think PowerGlove is the only one who is doing the Voluntary job [if it is], there are many with us who are able to form a team and give us a new software if they receive the honer, respect they deserve with the financial benefit to feed their family.
We do not know what interest PowerGlove has right now but most probably it's to gain a good forum rank, have a spot it DT and be a respectable member. Today or tomorrow he will achieve it and then he will have no motive to move further. It's the reality.
The feed our family reasons could be some of the reasons why we must appreciate PowerGlove for the efforts he puts in without been asked to or paid to do so. Simply acts based on interest and I don’t mind what personal interests he might have but, I see one that is geared towards forum improvement at the moment and should the user be given credits for his contributions some day, it would be one that was well earned.
The idea of a team isn’t a bad one neither is having this done voluntarily on the sidelines an issue too. The need for whistle blowing so many other programmers here could come up with ideas and scripts that could be a plus for the forum, is unnecessary.
There would always be such eventuality when one stops doing what his known to be doing voluntarily and a lot of reasons could amount to that. Possibly as you’ve stated and could as well be to reasons as been just unable, lost interest in the forum, chose to be focused on family, is ill and many others. Perhaps other persons with concerns could keep up the work and not make the users absence felt.
Unlike the OP edition, this Recent edition doesn’t seem to be most vital to me!