Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4787430-20140222001935/@comment-4787430-20140315005029

Well, this has been open for discussion for a while now, and I don't feel like there is enough input to change anything at this point.

If we had gone by the timetable Spey had in mind, then Timeoin and Deyvid would no longer be in a staff position, since they have been gone for more than 3 months during 2012-2013, and they did eventually come back to resume their duties.

We don't really know who is going to return later. Take GramsJ or Halofreak for example. Might they return when ESO is out? Maybe, or maybe they wont. But, is it really harming anyone by leaving them with their user-rights while moved to the inactive list. How long is too long? How likely is it that an inactive staff member will return after being gone for 1-2 years? Surely in that time, much has changed. At this point, if we can't agree on a reasonable length to cut off user-rights, then I suppose we let it be. We still need a timeframe for semi-active and inactive list, though. 30-days semi-active and 3 months inactive sounded reasonable to me.