I can’t speak authoritatively, but did TMF ever do anything to promote non-investment boards than to have the Start a New Board link that has probably been there since the beginning?
Perhaps unwittingly, TMF enabled a thriving community of interactive groups that became exceptionally important to their participants. TMF members have been significant participants over these years, although—I’m realizing now—at least in the groups I participate in, they are not nearly as much of a presence as they once were, for whatever reason. Their initial lack of intent to create such a vital community does not justify taking its life now.
I wonder, in fact, if there will be anything in the new software to keep someone from starting say HURL2 and just continuing the tradition.
Only if a new board clearly carries financial relevance.
=sheila