[Mike Martus]

You have asked for alot of information. I will be very brief.
The Chief Delphi Forums were the brain child of Joe Johnson 1996/1997.
Started small with a few sharing teams.
The forums were taken over by Brandon Martus, and to this day.
The Community of FIRST on the forums is successful because the community of FIRST is an open sharing community seeing the vision of FIRST.
Without many, many moderators, mentors and students all joined together for the good of FIRST we would not exist.

The leaders of the CD Community put $$$, effort and expertise into keeping the forums focused on the vision. Innovation and service are key factors.

This has been a very simple and not complete answer.