jdeks wrote:I note a conspicuous silence from the administration body.
Do you mean the forum admins? I wouldn't expect the forum admins to respond to this topic here. The chances are they would not even notice the topic here. They likely don't have time to monitor every topic and usually just respond to reported topics/posts or to topics posted in the 'Forum and Site'.
So I think you've posted this topic to the wrong forum - it should be posted to the 'Forum and Site' forum (which is for discussion of forum issues), not the 'Bushwalking Discussion' forum (which is for discussion of bushwalking). If you don't get any response there, then you should report your own post (using the '!' icon at top right of the post) which will notify the administrators that it needs their attention.
At this point, rather than duplicate this topic in the other forum, I would suggest that you simply report it ('!' on the first post) and request that it be moved to the correct forum, and if you wish, you can also ask them to respond.
Note that this is just my opinion as a former forums admin. I have not been an admin for several years.