Mike the TB rules have always been that ANY TB member can make any motion and ANY member can second it.

Whether there is a request from here or not.

The matter MUST then go to a vote. Period.

There was a motion made once when I was on TB, for the TB to NOT do something.

A total waste of time and energy I always thought, to formally vote to agree to NOT do something - but vote away we did. I thought it might have been April 1 - but it was not.

Be like Congress voting to agree to NOT raise taxes. @:-)

As others have pointed out above, politics are the issue here - not any practical need to close anything, or technical limitations on space etc.

The hunting party was dead set keen for the quite new Forum SENIORS to be closed in recent weeks. For pretty obvious reasons to most savvy FT'ers.

When I suggested - knowing it served no-ones political ends to add it to the motion, that the seldom used DISABILTY and DOLLAR RENTAL CAR be added to the motion to also be closed, the wailing began, and as usual nothing happened.

Glen
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