I was surprised to find out that they were backed by venture capital. When he says that "I’m committed to keeping the print magazine going and the Maker Faire licensing program.” I'm assuming that is for the various other maker and mini maker faires that are organized outside Maker media? I think it would be great if they could reorganize as a non profit and continue with a scaled back operation. I also wonder if by doing the interview with the media they are not trying to strengthen their negotiating position with their creditors. I've attended a couple of the Bay Area maker faires, and several ones in San Diego and while there definitely has been a dropoff is attendance and exhibitors (both quantity and to some extent quality) I still think it's a good event and has a lot to offer. I think it would be good if they also had some exhibits focused also on repair and reuse. The last San Diego County Fair I went to I think the neatest thing I saw was some guy from a local phone repair shop fixing phones.