I honestly believe that the low voter turnout was a direct result of the actions of the past 2 TalkBoards. There was little feedback requested from the TB and when feedback was requested it was quite often ignored.
Also, there were far too many self-serving agendas the past two years.
I for one have not been participating on FT very much and it is mostly due to my disgust at how some of the members of the TB have treated us "mere mortals".