I have noticed this, and I don't want to bash on BOLDnPurPnBlacK, but the current forum software he is using seems kind of outdated. You said it was transitional, but I don't know how he then expects to get the 100 or so users that have already signed up to move to a new forum without much grasp of the community he has acquired.
By the way, I am a friend of the OP (@purplepittabread88), as well as a creator of the new forum board alongside him.
Anyway, I do believe that possibly getting in touch with him would be beneficial as he already has quite a bit of users, and we have the domain name. Not only that but we will be using our own site with a more sophisticated board.
Again, not bashing, but yeah. It could be beneficial. I will definitely talk about it with purplepitta.