Dave,
It's been a pleasure to be in your company for the past few years.
I'd like to think this MB will have the privilege of your company for while yet, but reading this last post of yours, I understand that may be a selfish perspective.
I doubt the board will die. When the time comes, it will serve as one of many reminders of a life well-lived by a man loved by many.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
Upton Sinclair
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
H. L. Mencken