Unfortunately, things have slowed down with the formation of the PC. A shame considering the progress that was made. Decipher showed a willingness to support us, and the combined work of many members helped increase the membership of this site, the activity on the boards, and also the number of players using GCCG.
Many of the members on this site that were actively pursuing the PC for now appear to have moved on, or have stopped posting (hopefully they are still reading). I guess the main reason that this happened is a lack of leadership.
That said, the future of LOTR is in the players hands. The overall direction it takes can be big (ala Star Trek and Star Wars efforts) or small (attract new players, promote game, etc). TLHH does a wonderful job supporting the LOTR community, but I would hope that we can have more than this in the future, in the form of a PC.
However, the core issue that prevents LOTR forming a PC is lack of leadership. Once the right person comes along, I hope things will start moving much faster. Will this ever happen ... I hope so, but time will only tell.
For now, the best we can do is promote the game, get players playing the game (using GCCG or real cards - it doesn't matter). Through promotion, hopefully the right people will come to take the game to the next level.
As for the email contacts - anything that informs them about the site and points them to the discussion about the PC might bring the right players in. I suggest sending an email to those player to let them know about TLHH, GCCG, and the proposed PC.
BTW - I played in my first tournament for several years the other day. Only four players attended, but it is a starting point for LOTR Sydney. It was sealed deck and I came last. The wierd thing is my only win was against the person that won the tournament - go figure.