Let's not act rashly here, as we (fortunately) have until June to figure this out, right?

The way I see it, a new leader would have to do four jobs: put up money to keep the server running, work on the server to keep the software up to date and such, pick moderators, and make decisions about the future of the website (what boards are available, etc.). I'm most concerned about the last one, and I would consider it unfortunate if 4-ch didn't remain largely the same: a site for informal anonymous discussion on a variety of subjects, with a 2ch-style interface. Squeeks mentions that there are some problems facing 4-ch. Why don't we identify the aspects of the site that we think should be changed? My list:

• Updating the board software to at least all be the same version.
• Organizing the boards into more sensible categories.
• Adding new boards, in the long term. At the moment though, some are barely used (Science, News).
• Perhaps some slight usability improvements to make the site less confusing to new users -- for example, I think "sage" should be a checkbox, rather than a magic word you type into the link field. Then we could get rid of the link field. I wouldn't do this unless some users agreed it was a good idea, though.

I definitely don't want 4-ch to:

• Include image or file boards -- 4chan et al. already do that.
• Encourage non-anonymous posting in any way (e.g. by using OpenID).

Well, those are just my thoughts on the matter. I'd support any "leader" who agrees with the above, provided he or she also is of good character and won't give up or lose interest or anything like that.