I guess it all depends on what you mean by 'inactive'
or 'contributing'. Seems to me that many members carried
as 'inactive' on clubs rosters may not fly, but may
be very active socially. Is paying SSA membership
dues the only kind of 'contribution' that can be counted?
While facing the reality of the membership size is
no bad thing, anything that even marginally deters
fringe supporters is undesirable.

Ian





No one knows what the impact may be should chapters
decide to drop the
SSA requirement of inactive members, but it could
range into the
hundreds, which would undo the efforts of the past
three years pretty
quickly.

My take on the efforts is to increase the number of
active SSA members,
so losing inactive memberships wouldn't undo this.
It would make the
membership total look worse, but if it can be traced
to losing members
that aren't contributing and don't really want to be
members, I suggest
it's acceptable.