Here is the welcome message when editors log in:
(the links are to some private forum, but I left them in just in case you are a editor with access to the private forum)

 
Dear Editor,On October 20th, the DMOZ editor server experienced a serious failure. The technical issues have been resolved and the site is back [...]

Back in 2002 Richard Fuller a key member of the DMOZ  technical staff released some photos  of their data center.
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Today I have heard two very different and conflicting rumors:

DMOZ is over budget, and key-personel has been asked to take out their vacation. Even though they could open the editor dashboards right new, they will not do so before mid-Janauary.
The editor dashboards will be available in the beginning of next week. The delay is due [...]

A new search service has just come to my attention, it is a human powered search engine named ChaCha! It has a rather crazy business idea, they are using real people (called guides)to do searches for people, the guides are paid between $5-$10/hour and searching is free. Right here is my conversation with one of [...]

Most DMOZ editors are still unable to log in to their editor dash board, and the public is still unable to submit new sites. The directory should have been back to normal Tuesday last week, but due to a power struggle this has not happened. So what are the issues?
DMOZ was launched in June (or [...]

“Yahoo! Re-Aligns Organization to More Effectively Focus on Key Customer Segments and Capture Future Growth Opportunities”
source: Yahoo press release
In other words Yahoo will focus on becomming the leading company in social media, and social media advertising. It is nice to see that Yahoo again has a direction and goal that should be clear to the [...]

Editor login has still not been enabled for all editors and it is still not possible to submit new sites. The new back end and hardware are ready to go, but the current problem is within the editor community. They are still discussing how to go about informing the community, what feedback rutines need to [...]

Here is the notification they are about to send out in french:
Cher éditeur,
Le 20 octobre le serveur d’édition de DMOZ a connu une panne importante. Les problèmes techniques ont été réglés et le site est de nouveau en état de marche à l’adresse http://editors.dmoz.org/editors/ . Tu pourras t’identifier et éditer exactement comme avant, mais malgré [...]

I just got off the phone with my source, when DMOZ is due to open the login for all editors on Tuesday there will be some changes. First off all, all the sites waiting in unreviewed will be gone. So if you are a webmaster waiting for your site to get included you better resubmit [...]

Treat this as a rumour, but I have been told that all editors will be allowed to login to the dashboard over the weekend. AOL has allegedly implemented many improvements to the backend of the directory. On top of that the directory will run on new servers with a live back up system. It is [...]