Unfortunately, he may not get in before the lock, as it were (the forum shutdown). So Croc if you see this after Noon GMT, everyone will be read-only for a day or two. So keep trying to email them at that point.
After it shuts down at 8am (East Coast US/12 PM GMT), it will be down for an hour or so, then come back up as
read only. New forum will be live Friday (we hope), maybe earlier, maybe later, depending on the success of the import and testing.