Should the SBA membership be growing faster??

[Mellifera Crofter]

... Yes, some things could be improved. Try to help the process then, don't walk away. These things take time.

... but the webmaster left the organisation in frustration I think, and took the website down as he did so ...

Yup. I now understand how that webmaster must have felt. I tried to help and believe that I could have, but eventually left in dismay. I’m now sadder but wiser.
Kitta