After reading what everyone has had to say I have come to a few conclusions.
The biggest thing is that simply because Tay is the man in charge of this website does NOT mean he is to blame for the lack of updates to the main page and changes to the site overall. Its Tay's responsibility to himself to ensure his health, and no website is more important than that. But perhaps it is a wake up call that he cannot and should not go it alone in running this site.
I think we do need to have more independence from Tay. I have made my complaints about the MotM, and looking back I will admit that I was being quite ignorant. However, Tay is not the only one on this site who is capable enough to implement changes (especially simple ones such as that).
Perhaps we should have a MotM solely based on contribution to a translation project or other major project. This brings me to my next topic...
This is bullshit. If we wanted a site strictly about the localization of visual novels, we would have all just joined Lemma Soft. Although you have made meaningful contributions to this site, I don't appreciate the lack of faith you show. If you are going to complain like that you can just leave. This site appeals to more than just those who have the ability to work on a translation project. Without the community members that frequent the other boards we would not have the fan base to achieve our goal of making visual novels a commonplace medium. The fact that this site is a friendly place where we can all discuss more than just VNs allows us to spread the good word. Translation projects are still a big part of this site, and I can agree that it doesn't seem like as much work is being done in general. However, people don't just get recognized for posting a thread saying they're going to be working on a project. As many people have stated, we all can't have the skills to make a difference, but it is still important for us to have a diversity of members who can still spread the news.