Excellent report Tony, lots of great information.
As far as a “Trip Reports/Articles Forum, when we made the changeover it was noted that most people search for trip info by location, which is why you see the ‘regional forums’. It was also noted that the ‘articles section’ in the old Forum just wasn’t getting a lot of traffic, so we went with the one stop approach. *wink*
Of course if trip reports pick up, a dedicated trip report forum can be added.

Again great report.