As for the snarky comments by some users who believe they speak for everyone, we as a group ran through ALL of the options for combining the legacy forums and through hours of discussion came to the conclusion that a gentle transition to a new "United" forum would be most efficient and least disruptive to the community. Simply put, trying to make it happen on Customer Day 1 of the combined operating certificate would be a nightmare for both the members of the community as well as the volunteer moderators.