Please note that I'm not sure if read only access is possible at this stage, so option 3 might be useless.
Updated: Sorry guys, read only is possible - I wasn't sure at first but it's definitely an option now.
What I'm doing here is - having seen a lot of people saying the Meeting Hall should be a part of The Pub again, like it used to be, I thought I'd see what you guys thought in poll form. Is this place really flourishing as it is? Would it suffer if it were re-merged or would it make no real difference?
I've also seen that people think this place should be read only to members who haven't been OKd to contribute... which is a neat idea if it's possible.
So please, discuss. I'll give this a few days to run its course.