I had to downvote this.

Why would you expect the control of this site to be more democratic? I feel that this is a very community oriented site. We all have a voice, a say. If you have a feature you would like to add, suggest it.

Vroom deserves the stipend to continue running this site. I can only imagine the amount of work that must go into administering this site.

If you want more say over how this site is run, go get your perl site. Demanding, and pressuring Vroom to give you or anyone else more control seems petty. Why bother? This is really his website. We are nothing more than guests here.