My guess on what's up with Barney

On Crossfire Joseph posed the controversial question if Barney had retired from NDN board cause maybe he was headed back into the Family. Well, that may be so, but here's my guess:

Barney is Brazilian and the big news about the Family now is the whole Family in Brazil getting excommunicated. I can see Barney getting so engrossed in his home nation and all the events there, that he decided to focus on that and dropped NDN.

Wanna hear my theory? Barney's already been in contact with FMs and CMs in Brazil for years, and with this new stuff happening, may have decided to go down there for a while and open up a couple new Barney-type homes. Sort of Family style but without Peter and Maria. Could appeal to people.

My guess is Barney's half in and half out himself but that rather than going back "in" (at at time when all OTHER Brazilians who are "in" have been excommunicated). If Family members are on the fence in Brazil and some thinking of stepping out, he wants to be there to take them in. This might particularly be true if they're Brazilian and not American, 'cause they won't be leaving for some home country, but will step out of the Family right in Brazil.

And if they're still half-in the Family mentally, any Home Barney could open up would be quite appealing. OK, so there's my theory, and you folks who are in the know and actually know the facts can shoot it down, but that's my 2 plus 2.