Chuck, most of the things you wrote are the reason I always suggest making contact by phone if an email is not replied to pretty quickly.

Most of the time, showing up at our flying site on a Saturday afternoon would at least get you an introduction to some people. Unfortunately though, the field has been under water for months and very little flying has happened. Possibly two Saturdays since October; and they had to walk through standing water in the pits to reach the runway.