On May 14, 2016 10:26 PM, "Walter Bender" <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > what is the harm in keeping them on the list? (Our membership list has never been well-correlated with the active contributors in any case.) The harm is two fold. Initially that the list says it is a list of active contributors, so having it not be that is problematic because it is confusing: we either ought to redefine it accurately, or prune it. On a deeper level it means referenda are a mirage, since it is impossible to get replies from people completely disengaged, and it means that SL appears to be a large and complex entity when it is not.