I wanted to let you know that I messaged Garooch on my space, and below is what his response was:
Hi
I'm there so infrequently these days. Just am involved with too many other things, and don't have the head for it. I was hoping to get back to it. It's no big deal to either leave it open or close it. What would you and any other members like to do?
Sites like IP usually last between 1-2 years. There's no timeframe. It's been up for about 1 1/2 years now.
If you or some otheres would like to take on continue and managing it, that would be one option.
Maybe one of you guys can take over the managment? I don't know much about it, but as Garooch said someone could maybe take over? It is slow on other sites as well, with the nice weather everyone is outside doing a lot of activities that the spring time brings. I still try to find time to visit my sites just to even stop in and say hello.
I too hope it stays open!