That boat went under the bridge long ago. OMNI is the most popular forum on FT (UA was back when you and I joined). As it is the most popular, every FTer should be welcome there. Right now the most popular forum on FT is a restricted forum that most FTers cannot access and post in. I notice a number of members that use OMNI as their "home" forum. No reason that every FTer can't also make it their home forum if they want.