Nickel77,
Surething would not be allowed to become a Hub Leader since his rating score is below the minimum requirement of 3.0. He would have to go on a campaign to sway fellow posters to boost his score, and accumulate more points by posting way more often. On the other hand, you already meet the rating score minimum and thus are half way to becoming the next nominated king. I also find it odd that the Hub Leader that has spent so many hours of personal time buiding this site has disappeared but has posted recently on the other site.
As for those attending the AGM, it's possible that no one is going since it's scheduled on the Friday before the first long weekend of the summer and everyone has planned to be out of town early. Maybe ISM management could change the date to accomadate the common shareholder similar to that Easter deadline change earlier this year.
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ps - I also wonder if any actions, like post removals, would reveal a Hub Leaders IP address?