Yeah, our SD Crew kinda didn't reach critical mass to head up this last time out due to a bunch of different stuff (hotel snags; missed deadlines; stratcon not activating a badge; upcoming nuptuals; etc, etc...). Kind of a bummer, but hopefully we'll be back in full force at Gateway.
For the subscription - you do that on the forum/area you want to subscribe to (not in your account preferences).
* make sure you are logged in
* go to a forum page (like this one for the Hyph:
viewforum.php?f=30)
* look in the area just above where it lists all the threads - same vertical level as the +New Topic button, but on the right side
* click on 'Subscribe Forum' and it should confirm your subscription
That will subscribe you to a whole forum (any new post in any thread of that forum will notify you via email). If you ever want to unsubscribe, go to the same place and the link will say 'unsubscribe forum' instead; just click it again.
--Alternately, you can subscribe to the 'Hyphen-Con 2014::10 Year Anniversary Edition!' thread. I always post a reminder in the last year's thread to help get the word out. I usually also send a board-wide email also to remind people to stop by and check the threads. We dont' get as much traffic around here as we used to, but it wakes up a bit every year for HyphenCon.