I agree with the folks here who will miss the board for what it evolved into over the years. It became a place where folks could post about sensitive, sometimes personal issues, as well as 'quiet thoughts', without the thought in their mind that the thread would become a source of debate nor furthering of various agenda. Threads of these types did not tend to get hijacked there, and that was good. The few times folks tried to sew discontent there, they were essentially ignored for what they were attempting to do. Here on the CB, those types of replies generally wind up in a free-for-all, and as Buck said above, get closed and/or deleted, at the expense of the OP.
I do not agree that it was not read often enough. By whom? Those who did participate, or just read without reply, found great comfort there, IMO. There are actually 20 boards on the DIS with few posts than the IB. These boards are quite focused in their existence, as is the IB.
I also think, again, JMO, that the days of the moderators having to 'jump-start' a board with posts are gone. It seems the boards just take a life of their own, slow, fast, whatever. In looking at the IB since March, there have only been about 25 or so threads initiated by moderators. Good ones, yes, but not needed to 'get it going'. I do recall, back almost three years ago, when I became a moderator, that was one of the 'responsibilities' of a moderator, to 'initiate conversation'. I do not really see that happening on an ongoing basis (though I must say that Snoopy does come up with some neat 'thought provokers' here on the CB). It seems like boards just take on their own life and the Circle board (IB) has a nice, worthwhile life, one that maybe could continue as said above, as a sub board here on the CB, like the bd and weight boards.
As always, JMO.
Remember Reg and her underwear? Remember the bachelor party? Remember all the fun people that aren't around here much anymore? 
Then Bean, Kels and Robinrs made it into a new IB, a Circle of Life. They did a fantastic job and put a lot of heart and soul into it!!! 
