personally i dont even know if someone is a pawn or not, i dont pay attention to it

i dont think any membership reads board differently than another membership (unless when the permissions on the board limit them :))

a pawns only board would not offer anything else beside a second general chat (i think)

another idea : if the news messages fencer posts on the main site are automagically copied as posts on the boards which pawns have in their favourites, would they then be reading them ?