A little info for those who are thinking about joining. Generally, when the public forum is open, the majority of the posts will be made there. For the most part, the protected forum will be quiet until circumstances beyond jams' control force her to close the public forum. Those circumstances arrive in the form of vulgar, fact-free posts, blank topics, and assorted other off-topic garbage that is too much trouble to keep up with. At that time the focus shifts back here, and everyone can post without being disrupted by the childish behavior of those who want to silence a particular viewpoint.

That, at least, is the way I see it.