...with no posts between July and February. In my experience when everyone supports an idea it doesn't drop off the stage for six months.

Ultimate Rewards meets, barely, the minimum criteria that I would use to consider a separate forum. However, I am not a TalkBoard member, and my criteria are not important. I do think those who advocate creation of a new forum, any new forum, have the responsibility to demonstrate that FlyerTalk members would be better served than by the current arrangement. I have not yet seen this, but if TalkBoard formally considers the proposal the publicity will surely elicit more input.