It's a shame, lots of good info in old posts that won't be able to be transferred to the new site.
I've had some experience with both being a moderator on a web site and actually admin experience as well. I'll volunteer my limited expertise if you so desire.
One last thing, and I was going to suggest it here but no point without a active admin, but we need a Shout Box. On another site I belong to you just type in a quick blurb and hit enter instead of starting a new thread. "Beautiful day here, cut two loads of wood, split and stacked" or something similar is what's normally posted, think like texting on a website. It gets a ton of use. Here's a link to the site I help moderate with the shout box,
http://www.haytalk.com/forums/