Interesting question. Paul and Rich make good cases, for opposite actions.

I'll add what is probably an unpopular third choice. Shut the forums down.

I just looked and of 38 displayed Forum sections, only 13 had entries for this month. Only 23 had entries for this year.

As discussed elsewhere, most of the HLs dialog these days takes place on Facebook. I'll guess that includes buying, selling and trading too. Ebay also does a lot of traffic in all things lighthouse, including HLs.

Have the forums becomes like that favorite restaurant in the sleepy coastal village that we all like to return to, even though it is mostly our recollections of what it once was, and not the reality of what it is today, that brings us back?

Rick