Oh no! Who let
him in?!!! (Only joking

)
A very warm welcome to TalkMagic, SD - great to have you with us!
The registration process here is entirely automated, and the Mods actually have nothing at all to do with activating memberships on boards like these.
I'm guessing that the board software most likely screwed-up during the process for your registation, which is why you had to re-register; nothing sinister going on at all
Re your emails to several Mods - I do know that we have a couple who are very busy, and one is out of the country at the moment - I'm sure they'd have gotten back to you before too much longer.
Very glad you persevered though - looking forward to seeing you on the boards soon!
Rob