Would you consider a basic banner across the top of the message board pages to make some extra money?
I'm thinking about a banner network for Arizona sites and would pay set rates (something small like $10/month). The idea is to build up a big base of Arizona advertisers and build the rate from $10/month slowly up to about $100 a month. It's not much, but it could pay the hosting costs.
Most pay-per-click places either will not allow ads on message boards or pay so little ($2/month), that they are not worth it.
Actually I can't tell if the site is so overloaded that the email alerts are running way behind or my mail server is gasping for air and not delivering them to my mailbox...
Whatever, I can read the posts so as a certain QB who has now been replaced once said, "I don't give a rat's ass".