With help from my technical advisor and forum software engineer, we were able to put a simple patch in place in the registration process to try and stem the tide of spam members. Its working so far...
In the next few days I will be purging the membership roles of the spam members and then I will re-build the membership list.
Keep your fingers crossed that this will work. And -- if you are a new member and have no posts, you better post something a.s.a.p.! If you get deleted by accident, please let me know and don't take any offense!
Thanks to all for continuing to make this a great forum.