what i'd suggested in the email list was the possibility of a 'maintainance' level of posts.

something along the lines of, if you've made X number of posts, then you're never going to be terminated.

if you've made at least one, but less than X, then after a certain period of inactivity, you'd get a PM or email to warn you of impending deletion or at least ask if you didn't mind. no response, or a response of 'fine, i don't visit the site anymore' could equal deletion or just suspension or i dunno what.

however, the idea isn't perfect. as has been pointed out, some folks like to just read the boards and aren't secretly part of some cabal plotting our downfall. and, sadly, if there's a timer or maintainance level, i'm sure members of that cabal could indeed fluff up their post count with bland but inoffensive things to qualify.

anyway, it was just an idea.