The only thing you need to consider w/LAs time is whether any changes will help make the forum more interesting for new members. Of which, keeping it clean via mods plays an important part.
If you hide most of the sub forums, this could affect the searches that bring people here. Which could affect the forum advertising, which makes LA money and pays for the forum.
Just to keep things in perspective as to why the forum is REALLY here.
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
--Cyteen by C.J.Cherryh