If you have automatic login it is no big deal to log off and on between them. I like that they are separate and I think they should be. The VIP people pay for that privelege and it should be for them. I guess if everyone paid for membership then there would be no need for a free board anymore and there could just be one board and the admin would not have to keep up with both of them, but unless everyone is willing to pay for VIP status then they will have to stay separate. And I think they should.