My impression (and that's all that it is) is that Bob wanted the website to look and feel more stockish. For a moment, in anguish over the lawsuit crap, he thought about punting all the non-stock boards, but decided it's okay to keep the good ones as long as the homepage just displays the stock boards. BWDIK
In any event, it sounds like maybe some communication between you & Bob, via email, might clear things up? That's the touchy-feely thing to do.