I just received a warning from Ning that today was the last day to choose a "plan." So I fired back an answer that this site was paid for, and I have the pay-pal receipts to prove it. Then I noticed that I was responding to a "do not reply" address.
I started looking around for a way to contact Ning, and have found that there is apparently no way to contact Ning. I did join a Ning group called "Network Creators" in a vain effort to get someone's attention and am waiting on a pending membership there.
Perusing the Creators forum I found a host of irate people who had been shut down even after they paid for their site. This does not look good. So, if we get shut down, I promise you I have everyone's money in my pay-pal account and Ning already took out their first installment for our "Ning-Pro" plan.
I shall be extremely irate if Ning swindles us.