Yes, that is of course a big risk - how do you ensure that the site doesn't go down the train once handed over to the community? To be honest; I don't know. Perhaps there should be some kind of trusted inner circle. I'm a member of a co-op. The co-op is one of the largest owners of convenience stores in the country I live in, I pay membership, and I get discounts on groceries and such. Even though the co-op is owned by normal people, it is run by people who actually know what they're doing. In this case they get paid by proceeds from the convenience stores, of course, something a community site won't necessarily have. But perhaps a co-op would be along the lines of something that could work - so although it would be owned by the community, it wouldn't be run into the ground by them - they would only have influence through elected representatives. I also don't want to sacrifice what is for what might be