She has indeed done a good job as our PR Front-Woman. Seldom put a foot wrong in that respect. Very well-paid for doing the job too.
As for discussion, threads go where they will go. Only the mods have any kind of power over that, and even then their powers are of a summary nature - they either let it run, or they close it. Nobody has any power other than that, certainly no member has any power to dictate to other members about what they may, or may not, say.