Since the TalkBoard does not make policy for the moderators or review their decisions, there's no need for a closer link between the two.
I would like to see more interested FlyerTalkers interact with the TalkBoard in the TalkBoard forum. Hopefully this election + more announcements of votes and issues being discussed will increase the participation. Of course, the other possibility is that most of the 100,000+ FlyerTalkers are already very satisfied with FlyerTalk as it currently exists...