As a relatively 'new kid on the block', the only thing I'm curious about is if anybody I "know" might be in that particular "closed room" - and if there was anything I'd be missing out on because the door was shut. But being kind of new, I probably wouldn't know anyway.
My take on it is: What's the difference if they pay ECCIE for a private board, or if they pay somebody else to host a private board? The fact that it is "here" instead of on a different server doesn't seem like it is worth all this concern. (Maybe I'm missing something - I just don't see where it makes any difference who owns the hosting platform.)
{aside} Anita - I've always kind of liked that part of his nickname - seems descriptive in very subtle way. While ACP "stands for" what you said, what it actually implies is:
"The hard round thing has to hammer precisely into the center before anything interesting happens."