The good news is that Chris's core group of fans (and you know, that's US), may still get to hear from him, so don't give up hope just yet. Chris may have a plan to be able to communicate with us in the near future.
DJ, I believe all registered users of this site are automatically signed up. I don't think you have to do anything. There were only one or two newsletters that went out a while ago and then they stopped. I don't know when they'll start up again.