If he is serious then the first step would be to reactivate the accounts of people like you who remain banned for the next decade, otherwise it looks like the forum continue to be fussy about who it lets "participate in my forums".
That's not the way to run a community forum.

I know jgdoherty can be a pain sometimes, but he remains part of the community, I think he might even live in SE23 (or not too far away).

It was all the banning of members (included most traders who didn't pay) that led to the demise of this esteemed forum.

The unbanning of jgdoherty is just one of the steps that I would personally like to see if I am to have any faith in the sincerity of the owner of the other forum.