I locked it, as I was constantly having to move non-relevant threads out of it, I have since rearranged the forums a bit to make the public thread area the default topic for creating new threads for the website. Hopefully this will make it easier to keep it moderated.
I have unlocked that section to allow officers, moderators and admins to create posts there. Normal members can reply only, I meant to unlock it last night when I was finished with my tweaks. But forgot to as I was tired. Sorry about that..