Well, no, for two reasons:

1. TalkBoard has no authority.

2. When I served on TalkBoard, FT was not owned by a faceless company.

But much of what I said does, indeed, apply to members of TB. There have always been some who were interested only in their own ego-building. What was important to them was having their title under their name, keeping it there by staying on TB as long as they possibly could, and keeping TB as secretive as possible. (Indeed, when I first joined TB they had a rule called the "quiet period" -- during the voting period on a motion TB members were not allowed to discuss the issue publicly.)

There have been other members who were interested in raising issues which they thought were important for the membership and, having done that, did not seek more terms. Their egos were not in the least bothered by no longer having "TalkBoard Member" under their user handles.