This is not central to the poll but certainly related:

A forum should function as a hierarchal filter as much as possible, serving the majority need with the first section and narrowing down as it proceeds.

With this in mind, I believe Off Topic should appear dead LAST on the overall page. Let the targetted sections catch the specific subjects and all else fall into Off Topic. In that light, General could and probably should be next to last.

Regardless I still think Community should come first.