Having a sense of community even within a community is something that should be available. Though, looking at it from a "staff insider" view, it makes sense to get rid of things people don't use. I can't fault the thought of getting rid of the orgs because honestly, they've been neglected by staff and normal users for some time. My thoughts boil down to what l0lix said, maybe a bit different on the numbers, but just the concept here.
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l0lix
Maybe do the 2 options?, orgs could changed it's state with a fun, free and family friendly spot (not so family friendly, Toribash isn't Disney xd) where people could talk about anything (like a mini wibbles section). Also some official orgs could have it's own sub-forum inside it's speciality (ORMO = replays, oficial drawing orgs = art, official sample text org = sample text board), and a org check could be implemented (like the clan one but not so hardcore, kerchow) to avoid dead official orgs with inactive subforums (also an "orgs archive" could be added, to put some useful stuff that each official dead or alive org have achieved [ORMO example: replaymaking tutorials, replaymaking help threads, etc]). Well, that's all i got now, maybe gonna post some more ideas later xd, thanks for reading uwu.
More in client integration with orgs similar to clans could be a start. Lesser meaning clubs could have a place if it was presented in this way. (The casual player that doesn't go on the forum) As an example, just a super general AikidoBigDojo club, open invite perhaps. In-client page where owners/officers can modify the page with org logos, events they might want to pump out for people in the org, MOTD, direction to the forum page for the complete view (official orgs)... We already have a base model because we have clans displayed within the client, orgs should be very similar when it comes to the code. Run some very relaxed activity checks to see if they're completely dead or not.
Here's a little mock up
Users can search for orgs for whatever they want, within client. Guy really likes judo? Judo org. Porgutuese and Brazilian org? It can be there.
I'd hate to see these go, but they also need a purpose for them to stay...