The forums part is mainly useless for the purpose that is presented (Database Pros Who Need Your Help!) because most topics are already solved.
There could be some kind of outstanding topics to reduce the space used by the forums posts in the newsletter.
Luis C.
General Disclaimer:
Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?
How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2