If the Ivory Tower is the brain of the board, and the Transformers discussion is its heart, then General Discussions is the waste disposal pipe. Or kidney. Or something suitably pulpy and soft, like 4 week old bananas.
As a matter of fact I'd gotten her permission to write that scene well ahead of time. You'll notice that it's pretty much cleaned up of any really explicit detail - plus I spent one night on the sofa as a show of good faith.