What's the thought on "pruning" inactive members from the group?  The Southeast USA group has done it.  I think it helps to bring reality back to the overall membership.

Chess.com's gross membership is impressive but is it realistic?  Should we count every person that joined for a short time & has long since gone?  Whether it's the site or our group; do you think it's a subject that needs to be addressed?

Sure trim the fat and get to the real numbers...here here

I'm cool with that.

Sounds good.  What are your criteria for deciding who needs to get cut?

One group I was in removed members who hadn't logged in for over one month.

One month is a too harsh.  I would suggest a year or mabye 18 months as a baseline.  I did a quick scan and saw some haven't logged on in years.

Perhaps we could message those near the one year mark & encourage them to participate.   If at 18 months they don't re-join, then prune them out.

Sound fair enough? 

6 months inactive....that should be a good test for the inactive and the just sleeping...

6 months?  Again, I think a bit harsh.  Who knows what a person may be going through in 6 mos. or a year.  Illness, family problems, moving to a new location, etc.  There's no need to add insult to injury.

When I talk about pruning; I mean the truly deadwood.  Just take a look.  When you come to the group page; search the full members.  You'll see some that have not logged on since 2009 & even 2008.  These are the people we don't need to inflate our membership, imo.

okay snap judgement....i can be a little harsh.

What about a person's right to join and play as he, or she, desires ? I am just playing devil's advocate here. I actually favor a 6 month time period...