Brian,
You indicated They will however be available in an "archived" read only state for some time. Essentially thru 2014. IMO that's not long enough. OTOH, it might be nice to enforce the guidelines about keeping on topic within the new threads on the new forums.
I might also say that I think that all moderators should be a bit "thick skinned" about criticism. Sometimes users get frustrated - it's not personal. I have in fact seen and been ripped by at least one moderator on a couple of occasions - which I didn't believe was in any way justified and caused me quite a bit of emotional distress.